The field development concept unveiled on Thursday will see the first phase of the giant North Sea project being powered via an 80-megawatt cable from shore.
However, an area-wide electrification including other fields in the Utsira High has been initially shelved due to prohibitively high costs, despite being a key demand of the government to cut offshore carbon dioxide emissions.
Pre-unitisation operator Statoil has stated a final investment decision on an alternative power-from-shore solution that could encompass the Edvard Grieg, Ivar Aasen and Gina Krog fields - which could be incorporated into phase two of Johan Sverdrup in 2022 - will not be made until 2017 at the earliest.
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