The year 1986 witnessed the replacement of the loading buoy at Statfjord A and introduction of an evacuation chute made of galvanised steel rings covered in rope, the first of its kind, on one of the Statpipe riser platforms. It is only output from this platform that is affected.

The Statfjord A platform began production in 1979.

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Statfjord C has a daily production rate of 25,000 barrels of oil equivalent.

To date, the field has produced 5.1 billion barrels of oil equivalent - generating over NOK 1,675 billion in gross revenue. Currently no pilots here!

The site of the leak has been identified and the leak has been stopped. Norway’s Statoil has announced that gas detection was reported on Statfjord C Platform in the North Sea at 03.30 Sunday morning.

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No arrivals to this airport yet! Statfjord Øst was discovered in 1976, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 1990. The position is now under control. Check out Britannica's new site for parents!

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Statoil will shut down its Statfjord C platform, located in the Norwegian part of the North Sea, due to cracks discovered on the flare tower. According to Aftenbladet, a Stavanger-based newspaper, the crack on the flare tip was discovered a little over a week ago when an unusual flame from the tip was spotted.

The alarm was triggered by an oil leak. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica.Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. When constructed in Loch Kishorn, Scotland in 1978 the 600,000 tonne platform was the world's largest man-made movable object before being towed to its current position and sunk to the sea floor.

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Together they export roughly four million cubic metres of gas per day. Statfjord Øst is a field in the Tampen area in the North Sea, seven kilometres northeast of the Statfjord field. The Statfjord-C platform and Statpipe were commissioned in July 1985. Currently there are no charts for this airport, can you help by

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No departures from this airport yet! The crew of 270 people mustered at the lifeboats, but they could quickly return to their living quarters.

Gas pipelines connect the platforms with Norway and the United Kingdom.

Oil is transported from the field via tankers. The water depth is 150-190 metres. We understand that the accuracy of our data is important, please provide details as to how we can

A hydrogen sulphide alarm was reported to Statoil’s emergency centre at 10.39 today from the Statfjord C platform in the Tampen area of the North Sea. The Statfjord B platform followed in 1982 and Platform C in 1985.

No personnel were injured.

Learn More in these related Britannica articles: North Sea. The Ninian Central Platform is an oil platform in the North Sea. This article was most recently revised and updated by Maren Goldberg, Assistant Editor.

ENQS Statfjord C Platform. The platform was followed by the installation of Statfjord B in 1982 and Statfjord C in 1985.

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