According to KrF member of parliament Kjell Ingolf Ropstad, the party was informed by Lund that Statoil has determined that a coordinated plan involving power from shore to Utsira High would be an extremely costly alternative.
Norway’s national oil company favours a smaller solution that would only supply the first phase of the Johan Sverdrup development with power from shore, whereas three neighbouring fields – Edvard Grieg, Gina Krog and Ivar Aasen – would be powered by offshore gas turbines.
“We