equivalent the Veslefrikk partnership is now planning for shutdown of the field in the spring of 2022. The plugging of wells has already started. Veslefrikkâs development concept, as a first on the Norwegian continental shelf, consisted of a floating production unit. The partnership has invested some NOK 20 billion in Veslefrikk, and the fieldâs productive life has been extended several times. When the plan for development and production (PDO) was submitted the field was expected to be shut down as early as in 2009. âVeslefrikk was a technologically pathbreaking development which has paved the way for new, lighter offshore structures after the era of