Dansk Boreselskab Topside Oil and Gas Production Facility

Historic Project: Groundbreaking Work From Earlier in Fluor’s History

Client: Dansk Boreselskab A/S

Location: Gorm Field, The North Sea, Denmark

Business Segment: Energy Solutions

Industry: Fuels

Map showing the location of Dansk Boreselskab Topside Oil and Gas Production Facility

Executive Summary

Fluor provided engineering, procurement and construction management services for Denmark's first topside oil and gas production facility in Gorm Field, in the Danish sector of the North Sea. The topside facility was capable of handling as much as 60,000 barrels per day of crude oil and 100 million standard cubic feet per day of gas flow. The topside facilities consist of modules for oil and gas production, sales gas compression, reinjection compression, utilities, control room and workshop, plus living quarters and helideck.

Client's Challenge

Hired by Dansk Boreselskab A/S in 1979, Fluor was designated the main contractor for the project from the planning phase through to construction completion, scheduled for the following year. Total installation cost was estimated at $60 million.

Located approximately 130 miles west of Denmark's coast, the facility needed to be built to handle often-rugged weather conditions as well as the ecological sensitivity of the region. It also needed to be designed to properly capture the bountiful oil and gas resources that lay beneath the ocean floor.

Fluor's Solution

Design work commenced at our offices in London, England. We performed detailed design and procurement services for three of the seven topside modules. We also had coordinating and design integration responsibility for the deck, jacket and all of the topside modules.

Our construction management services included fabrication inspection of all modules, engineering development and assessment of construction bid packages.

Conclusion

The success of the project led it to become the first of many topside oil and gas treatment facilities built by Danish interests in the Gorm Field. Once optimum output was reached, Gorm Field was expected to be able to meet at least 10% of Denmark’s total energy requirements.