Spanning blocks 34/4 and 34/7 in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea, this field has been producing oil and gas since August 1992.
The Snorre development embraces two platforms, A and B.
Snorre A
Snorre A is an integrated production, drilling and quarters (PDQ) unit. This tension leg platform (TLP) is moored to the seabed by steel tethers.
Stabilised oil and gas from Snorre A is piped to the nearby Statfjord A platform for final processing.
The oil is then loaded into shuttle tankers, while the gas is transported on to continental Europe through the Statpipe/Norpipe system.
Snorre B
The Snorre B platform came on stream in June 2001.
This semi-submersible PDQ floater lies about seven kilometres north of the A platform.
Oil from Snorre B is piped for 45 kilometres to Statfjord B for storage and export.
Part of the gas is injected back into the reservoir, while the rest is transported by pipeline via Snore A to the Statpipe/Norpipe system.
