2010-03-01 - Performing at 850 meter depths in Norway’s largest natural gas field
When A/S Norske Shell, a division of Royal Dutch Shell, needed to find a cost-effective way to maintain some of their most difficult-to-reach equipment; they had to make certain that maintenance of these important assets was expertly performed.
The company’s sub-sea wellhead equipment operates in seabed depths up to 850 meters in the Ormen Lange gas field and provides natural gas to the onshore processing plant located near Kristiansund, Norway.
Shell managers knew that keeping this automation in prime condition would be extremely challenging, so they had to find a team with an unusually high level of skills. Shell chose ABB as a strategic partner because of its expertise in all of the specialties needed to keep the Shell systems and equipment performing at optimal levels.
Read more about how ABB maintains deep sea equipment for Royal Dutch Shell (Reference case study, pdf, 0,45 MB)