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Tyra will be closed in 2019.
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By Lars Guldager Dyhr
A HISTORIC DAY

APPROACHING

2019 will be the year, when the Tyra-field is planned

to be closed down. The day, thereby, will be historic

and the culmination of a complicated process turning
into realities

November 1st 2019. This is to be the day when the Tyra- coming to an end. Since 1984 the Tyra has been a part
field is planned to be closed down as a part of the Tyra of the Danish infrastructure, so it will mark an enormous
Future - a project where its re-construction will ensure step forward. To us it is the absolute culmination of a
an essential part of the infrastructure of the oil and process where a vast amount of individual components
gas complex in the Danish sector of the North Sea. This are to merge. On that date all wells shall be isolated,
means the materializing of the long lasting preparations as well as all unmanned satellites shall be cleaned
starting up in 2012, when planning of the dramatic and isolated, paving the way for lot of activities to be
project was born, and to the person responsible for this, coordinated. We project pushers like to break things
naturally, is a bit of a milestone. down into smaller blocks, but - obviously - 2019 will be
a most important milestone for us taking the step from
“I would call it the event of the year. A historic chapter planning to execution. Indicated on an S-curve this year

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