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Gullfaks B
From Yrkjefjorden to the field
On July 31, 1987, it was time for Gullfaks B to cut its anchor ties to the shore and head out to sea.
Gullfaks B
From Gandsfjorden to Yrkjefjorden
On April 5, 1987, the substructure of Gullfaks B was set in motion. To meet the steel deck, it had to be moved into deep water.
Gullfaks B
The B Deck and Substructure Meet
On April 29, 1987, the substructure and the deck were joined. Gullfaks B was well on its way to becoming complete.
Gullfaks C
The C deck and substructure meet
On 27 February 1989, the deck and the supporting structure of Gullfaks C were brought together.
Gullfaks C
The Tow from Vats to Stord
On the evening of 30 December 1988, the jacket of Gullfaks C set out on a journey – in search of the deck. Many held their breath. How would it go, moving something so enormous in the middle of winter?
Gullfaks A
From Gandsfjorden to Digernessundet
On 16 August 1985, the substructure of Gullfaks A was on the move. Something resembling four grey columns was slowly towed by nine tugboats toward its next destination.
Gullfaks A
Cornerstone laying for Gullfaks A
On 2 February 1983, construction began on the first of the three platforms that would eventually define the Gullfaks field.
Gullfaks A
Next stop: the Gullfaks field
On 5 May 1986, the Gullfaks A platform set out on its journey to the Gullfaks field, where it would produce oil and gas for the next 30 years?
Development
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Question: What is the key to success when you're building a platform? Answer: preparation, preparation, preparation. One crucial piece of prep that saved both time and money was the engineering model - built at large scale.
Development
Testing, testing
How would wind, currents, and waves affect the platforms and loading buoys? To avoid surprises, models were built, and tests were carried out.
Gullfaks C
Production start at Gullfaks C
When did production start on Gullfaks C? That depends on what you mean by start of production.
Development
From Backwater to «Norway’s Oil Capital»
How did a farming village in northern Rogaland end up at the very heart of building concrete platforms for the Norwegian Continental Shelf?
Development
The Concrete Metropolis
Vats in northern Rogaland went from outlying backwater to “Norway’s oil capital.” A key reason was mating the topsides and concrete substructure on Gullfaks B and the extensive casting of the Gullfaks C base that took place in
1987. How did the village experience this transformation?
Development
The Quiet After the Boom?
Vats had been at the center of it all, especially in the spring and summer of 1987. The work on Gullfaks B—and above all C—provided jobs and solid incomes, not least locally. Then it went quiet.
Gullfaks C
A heavyweight at the christening
Gullfaks C is the world’s heaviest platform and thus the heaviest “baby” ever christened - at least as far as we know.
Gullfaks C
Gullfaks C approved by the Storting
On 7 June 1985, the Storting approved Gullfaks Phase II, the construction of Gullfaks C.
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