From Yrkjefjorden to the field

Three months after the first contact between the deck and the jacket of Gullfaks B, it was time for departure to the field.

Eight tugboats, with a combined power of 78,000 horsepower, spent five days towing the structure out to the field. There it was lowered into the sea at a depth of 141 meters. What remained was only the final completion work and the drilling of wells before the platform was ready for production.

Approximately 2.5 years after the cornerstone was laid on October 22, 1984, Gullfaks B was thus in place on the field. Although it would take another good six months before Gullfaks B came into production, on February 29, 1988, the residents of Gullfaks A had gained a new landmark — a neighbor to the north.

In May 1989, the sibling group was complete with the arrival of Gullfaks C.