"(On the) 25 June, two heavy-transport vessels - the Mega Caravan 1, which is carrying the main support frame, and the Mega Caravan 2, which hauls the utility and process module as well as the flare - started on a 50-day journey to Norway," a Statoil spokesperson told Upstream.

The total distance from Okpo to the the Gina Krog field off Norway is 11,230 nautical miles (20,800 kilometres).

</preform><p >Late last year, Statoil reported that certain milestones had been missed on the project, and that start-up of production from Gina Krog would be delayed slightly from the first quarter of 2017 until mid-2017.</p><p