Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has handed out a two-year life cycle simulator project to Kongsberg Digital, a compatriot digital solutions provider, for a gas field in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, in a bid to enhance operational efficiency, improve training programs, and ensure the highest level of fidelity in simulator-based engineering.

With an estimated worth exceeding NOK 25 million (nearly $2.4 million), the deal with Equinor entails rebuilding the Sleipner life cycle simulators using Kongsberg Digital’s K-Spice and LedaFlow simulation technologies. According to Kongsberg Digital, this project is expected to “significantly” increase the simulation capabilities of the Sleipner area in the North Sea.