Type:
Oil
Facility:
Production
Water Depth:
43
Installed:
1986
meters
Block:
5504/14
Design:
Fixed steel
Sub Structure:
1400
Topsides Wgt:
1900
tonnes
tonnes
Intro
Rolf is a small, unmanned wellhead platform on the Rolf field in the Danish North Sea, producing oil from chalk reservoirs. It began production in the 1980s and exports fluids via pipeline to larger processing hubs, without major processing facilities on the platform itself.
Field
The Rolf field produces oil (with associated gas) from chalk formations in the Danish sector’s Blocks 5504/14 & 15. It is developed as a satellite of the Gorm complex, with production routed for central handling.
Facilities
Rolf’s infrastructure comprises a fixed steel unmanned platform with production wells drilled to the reservoir. No significant separation or compression facilities are present onsite; its multiphase output is exported through subsea pipeline to the Gorm processing and export hub. Control systems and emergency power support wellhead and safety functions. Subsea umbilicals and pipelines deliver production fluids and provide control links to Gorm’s central control center. Utility support is minimal, oriented primarily toward remote monitoring, basic power distribution, fire and gas detection, and safety systems typical of unmanned satellite installations.
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