Ekofisk oil field

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Ekofisk oil field is a major North Sea offshore oil and gas field, among the earliest developed in the region and significant in establishing Norway’s petroleum industry.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
North Sea oil fields 4
Brent oil field 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf gas field
offshore oil field
basin Norwegian sector of the North Sea NERFINISHED
block 2/4
contains Ekofisk 2/4 A platform NERFINISHED
Ekofisk 2/4 B platform NERFINISHED
Ekofisk 2/4 C platform NERFINISHED
Ekofisk 2/4 J platform NERFINISHED
Ekofisk 2/4 K platform NERFINISHED
Ekofisk 2/4 M platform NERFINISHED
Ekofisk 2/4 Q platform NERFINISHED
Ekofisk 2/4 X platform NERFINISHED
Ekofisk Center NERFINISHED
country Norway
developmentStatus producing
discovered 1969
exportRoute gas pipeline to Emden, Germany
oil pipeline to Teesside, United Kingdom
geologicalAge Paleocene NERFINISHED
Upper Cretaceous
geologicalFormation chalk reservoir
issue seabed subsidence
licensee ConocoPhillips NERFINISHED
Eni NERFINISHED
Equinor NERFINISHED
Petoro NERFINISHED
TotalEnergies NERFINISHED
locatedIn North Sea
mitigationMeasure construction of new platforms
platform jacking and reinforcement
namedAfter Ekofisk bank in the North Sea
nearbyField Eldfisk oil field NERFINISHED
Embla field NERFINISHED
Tor field NERFINISHED
operator ConocoPhillips NERFINISHED
partOf Greater Ekofisk Area NERFINISHED
platformType accommodation platforms
fixed platforms
jack-up drilling rigs
region Norwegian Continental Shelf NERFINISHED
regulator Norwegian Petroleum Directorate NERFINISHED
resourceType crude oil
natural gas
natural gas liquids
significance major contributor to Norway’s oil and gas production
one of the earliest major oil fields developed in the North Sea
pioneering field for Norway’s offshore petroleum industry
startOfProduction 1971
waterDepth about 70 meters

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Sullom Voe connectedByPipelineTo Ekofisk oil field
this entity surface form: Brent oil field
Port of Haugesund connectsTo Ekofisk oil field
this entity surface form: North Sea oil fields
Stavanger harbor connectsTo Ekofisk oil field
this entity surface form: North Sea oil fields
Phillips Petroleum Company developed Ekofisk oil field
Norwegian Petroleum Museum hasExhibition Ekofisk oil field
this entity surface form: North Sea oil fields
Phillips Petroleum Company notableField Ekofisk oil field
Flotta servesField Ekofisk oil field
subject surface form: Flotta oil terminal
this entity surface form: North Sea oil fields