Equinor Advances Norwegian Offshore Projects: Atlantis FEED and Eirin Production Start

Equinor has made significant progress on two Norwegian offshore gas projects: awarding a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Atlantis gas and condensate project and bringing the Eirin gas field on stream.

Atlantis Project FEED Contract

Aker Solutions has been awarded the FEED contract for the Atlantis project, a planned subsea tie-back to the existing Kvitebjorn offshore platform. The contract includes an option for the main engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract, which is expected to be awarded in early 2027. Atlantis will be developed with three production wells and will utilize a pressure depletion recovery strategy. It is one of several planned tie-backs to Kvitebjorn, alongside Afrodite and Carmen, which have appraisal wells planned for this year. Paal Eikeseth of Aker Solutions emphasized that the project aims to demonstrate how disciplined simplification can unlock real value by reducing traditional requirements, lowering complexity and cost, and embedding productivity improvements enabled by AI and digitalization.

Eirin Gas Field Brought On Stream

Equinor has brought the Eirin gas field in the North Sea on stream, now exporting gas to Europe via the Gina Krog and Sleipner A platforms. Expected recoverable resources from Eirin are approximately 27.6 million barrels of oil equivalent, mainly gas. The field partners are operator Equinor (58.7%) and Orlen Upstream Norway (41.3%). Discovered in 1978, Eirin was developed as a subsea tie-back to the Gina Krog platform, with gas volumes further processed on the Sleipner A platform and exported through the Gassled pipeline. Linda Kaada Hoiland of Equinor noted that the project provided important learnings on developing marginal discoveries quickly and profitably, highlighting that early collaboration, efficient decision-making processes, and standardized solutions were crucial to realizing Eirin in just three years from project establishment to production start.