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A MINIMAL MINDSET manned wellhead platforms or unmanned production plat- forms (UWP/UPP). These concepts, working remotely and “A wellhead platform is one thing, another is adding more unmanned, have the potential to save 30% capex and 50% in and more functions; processing, power and control,” says opex, according to an Equinor presentation from 2018. Knut Nyborg, EVP and head of Front End, at Aker Solutions.

Next on Equinor’s road map is an unmanned production He says having experience delivering unmanned platforms platform (UPP, trademarked) supported from a host at Kra?a/ as well as intrinsically unmanned subsea facilities, including

Askja, then a standalone gas/condensate project at Peon. Fur- the Åsgard subsea compression facility, “which is a truly un- ther down the line, Equinor sees standalone projects in the manned process facility”, helps.

UK and the Barents Sea, followed by Brazil. And, he says most of the technology is in place. “It’s about 38 OFFSHORE ENGINEER OEDIGITAL.COM