The project, dubbed TWIN, represents the third stage of the Troll Phase 3 initiative, designed to extract approximately 11 billion standard cubic meters of gas from the Troll West reservoir. This development follows the second step of the same phase, which is expected to come online this year to maintain output levels at the Troll A platform and Kollsnes facility through 2030.

Norway solidified its position as Europe’s leading gas supplier following the 2022 supply shifts triggered by the war in Ukraine. Equinor’s strategy focuses on maximizing recovery from established assets to meet ongoing demand. Gunnar Nakken, senior vice president for projects and subsea Norway, emphasized that the company must modernize its execution to remain competitive. The firm aims to halve costs and development timelines for subsea projects, targeting a deployment rate of six to eight new developments annually by 2035. This announcement arrives shortly after Equinor confirmed plans to advance the Johan Sverdrup oilfield to its fourth phase following successful appraisal drilling.