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Rolf

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.

Operator: Total EP Danmark

Status: Operational

Rolf platform photo

Image Source: Total EP Danmark. (All rights belong to the original owner.)

Production: Oil

Operations start: 1986

Water depth: 43 m

Country: Denmark

Block: 5504/14

Type: Fixed steel jacket

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.

Rolf layout
Image Source: Total EP Danmark. (All rights belong to the original owner.)

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