Aasta Hansteen gas field (previously Luva)

The Aasta Hansteen field is located in 1 300 metres of water in the Vøring area in the Norwegian Sea, 300 kilometres west of Sandnessjøen. Its floating platform is higher than the Eiffel tower. The Aasta Hansteen field initially comprised three separate discoveries: Luva (1997), Haklang and Snefrid South (1998). Submitted to Norwegian authorities in January 2013, the plan for development and operation (PDO) was approved in June the same year. In 2015 a new discovery was made in the area, Snefrid North, which will now be tied in to the Aasta Hansteen field. The combined reserves of Aasta Hansteen and Snefrid North are estimated at 55.6 billion standard cubic-metres (Sm3) of gas and 0.6 million Sm3 of condensate (353 million barrels of oil equivalent). Aasta Hansteen came on stream 16 December 2018 and Snefrid North towards the end of 2019.