Troll gas field

Troll field
Troll A platform in the Troll gas field
Troll A platform in the Troll gas field
Troll gas field is located in North Sea
Troll gas field
Location of Troll field
CountryNorway
RegionNorth Sea
LocationNorth Sea
Blocks31/2, 31/3, 31/5, 31/6
Offshore/onshoreoffshore
Coordinates60°38′44″N 3°43′35″E / 60.645556°N 3.726389°E / 60.645556; 3.726389
OperatorEquinor
PartnersEquinor, Petoro, Shell, ConocoPhillips, TotalEnergies
Field history
Discovery1979
Start of production1995
Troll B platform

Troll is a natural gas and oil field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, one of the biggest in the North Sea, holding 40% of Norway’s gas[1] – it also possesses significant quantities of oil, in thin zones under the gas cap, to the west of the field. The field as a whole consists of the main Troll East and Troll West structures in blocks 31/2, 31/3, 31/5 and 31/6,[2] about 65 kilometres (40 mi) west of Kollsnes, near Bergen.[3] Most of the gas lies in Troll East.[4]

  1. ^ Equinor webpage Troll area
  2. ^ Bolle, L., Troll Field, 1992, in Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade, 1978-1988, AAPG Memoir 54, Halbouty, M.T., editor, Tulsa: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, ISBN 0891813330, pp. 447-458
  3. ^ "Statoil". Archived from the original on 2014-09-25. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
  4. ^ Offshore Technology Website Troll Archived 2009-09-30 at the Wayback Machine