Aker BP has received consent to move the control room functions for the Ivar Aasen field onshore.

The relocation complies with the plan for development and operation (PDO), which was approved in 2013. This states that the field should be capable of being controlled from a central control room on land.

To date, the field has been controlled from the control room on board the facility, but the plan is for the onshore control room to take over during Q4 2018.

Ivar Aasen

Ivar Aasen is a field in the northern part of the North Sea, 30 kilometres south of the Grane and Balder fields. The water depth is 110 metres. Ivar Aasen was discovered in 2008, and the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in 2013. The development comprises a production, drilling and quarters (PDQ) platform with a steel jacket and a separate jack-up rig for drilling and completion. Production started in 2016.

Source: norskpetroleum.no