Equinor is set to increase production at the Troll field by 7 billion cubic meters per year, according to Reuters. Equinor and its partners will invest $1.13 billion to expand gas production from Troll’s largest offshore field.

“Gas from Troll alone meets about 10 percent of Europe’s needs,” said Kjetil Hove, Equinor’s head of exploration and production in Norway. In 2023, Norway’s annual pipeline gas exports to Europe totaled 109 billion cubic meters.

The new infrastructure will accelerate production to approximately 55 billion cubic meters of gas, with an additional 7 billion at peak development.

The recent upgrade of the onshore processing plant at Kollsnes has already increased Troll’s maximum production capacity to 129 million cubic meters per day, up from 121 billion, and that figure is set to rise further with the new investment. The new wells are expected to bring in about 20 million cubic meters per day.

The new investment, known as Troll Phase 3, includes eight new wells and a new gas supply pipeline to the TrollA platform. Equinor stated that the first wells are scheduled to come on stream by the end of 2026.

After processing at Kollsnes, gas from Troll is sent through Zeepipe pipelines and can be distributed further to receiving terminals in Germany, Belgium, France, the UK, and Denmark, Reuters reports.