Oil & Gas Journal: Equinor and its partners in Gullfaks and Snorre oil fields in the Norwegian North Sea are considering the use of floating wind turbines to supply electrical power to the platforms.
Equinor said a study of the concept identified the Tampen-area fields as the most promising on the Norwegian Continental Shelf for application of a concept it calls Hywind.
Due further study is a wind farm comprising 11 turbines atop vertical spars with total output of 88 Mw.
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