The Njord licensees are Wintershall Dea Norge AS (50%), Equinor Energy AS (27.5%, operator) and Neptune Energy Norge AS (22.5%). The Njord Future project has a Norwegian content of more than 90%. Aker Solutions has had the main responsibility for platform engineering and upgrading. Brevik Engineering has conducted the engineering work for the FSO, which has been upgraded by Aibel. Global Maritime and Ocean Installer have been responsible for marine operations. Production start on the Njord field was delayed by two years: the project became more demanding than expected and the corona pandemic hit it hard. It also led to higher costs. Investment costs are just above NOK 31 billion (2022) compared to the original NOK 17 billion estimated in the plan for development and operation.
Njord is located in the Norwegian Sea, 30 kilometres west of Draugen, and 130 kilometres northwest of Kristiansund. The water depth is 330 metres. Discovered in 1986, Njord came on stream in 1997. The Hyme subsea field was tied back to Njord in 2013. Produced oil is piped to the Njord Bravo FSO and onwards by tankers to the market. Gas from the field is exported through a 40-kilometre pipeline connected to the Åsgard transport system (ÅTS) and from there to the Kårstø terminal.
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