Oljeserviseselskapet Aker Solutions announces that it has been awarded a contract by Statoil on Monday.
the Company will build rørledningssystemer, make modifications and make the necessary connections at the Mongstad terminal, so that it can receive oil from the Johan Sverdrup field.
the Contract is worth nok 350 million, according to Aker Solutions.
the Work shall be carried out in 2019, while oil production should start towards the end of the year. The contract will employ an average of 50 persons and up to 100 in the most hectic phase next year, writes the company.
Important part
Knut Sandvik, head of Aker Solutions’ maintenance and modifikasjonsvirksomhet (MMO), says that he is pleased that Statoil now add another important piece in place in the development of Sverdrup.
the receiving facility Aker Solutions now to build will connect the oljerørledningene to the six existing lagringstankene at Mongstad. The engineering work will be performed by Aker Solutions employees in Bergen, while the prefabrication work shall be done at the company’s yard in Egersund.
In addition, Aker Solutions right into local subcontractors In the Mongstad area.
Oil and energy minister Tord Lien does not hide that it was a good start of the week for the Norwegian supplier companies:
– the Current contract is yet another example of how important Svedrup development is for Norwegian jobs and value creation. Over 70 per cent of the contracts by the development has been awarded to Norwegian suppliers. The current contract to Aker Solutions is welcome for the company’s activity on the sørvestlandet, says oil and energy minister Tord Lien (Frp).
100 billion
the project director for Johan Sverdrup at Statoil, Kjetel Digre, is satisfied that the contract may give the activity of local subcontractors around the Plant.
– It is also gratifying that we can include Egersund as the site and the contributor to deliver to the vast puzzle the Johan Sverdrup project. In Norway, we see now that all the major shipyards along the entire coast is involved in developing one of the largest industriprosjektene in Norway in recent times, ” says Digre.
The first phase of the Johan Sverdrup field is estimated to cost less than nok 100 billion, and it awarded contracts to date for the over 60 billion. More than 70 per cent of this has gone to Norwegian suppliers.
Dvalin-field
Aker Solutions has as so many others had to take a powerful grip in the face of the current downturn in the oil industry, but at the same time managed to secure a number of contracts.
two weeks ago secured Aker Solutions two contracts worth at least 900 million from the DEA Norge. The contracts apply to the delivery of subseaproduksjonssystem, maintenance and services of Dvalin.
It was the day after that utbyggingssøknaden for the gas and condensate field (formerly known as Zidane was delivered Oljedepartementet.
The first order on the production system including a cover, four “subsea trees” and a 15 km long cable connecting the development to the Heidrun platform.
The first deliveries are expected to take place in the first half of 2018.
It is also agreed a five-year frame agreement for maintenance and services on the aforementioned order. The contract may be extended by three years.
the Value of the subseaproduksjonssystemet and the related installation and commissioning is around nok 900 million and will be recognized in the order book in the fourth quarter.
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