Sandefjord / Stavanger: Today, Statoil awarded Aker Solutions a major contract for the Johan Sverdrup field. The contract has a value of 4.5 billion, according to Statoil.
The contract includes engineering and procurement management for riser and process platform covered Johan Sverdrup field’s first phase, in addition to interconnects and walkways for the entire field.
The contract is valid until the scheduled start of production in 2019.
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Fornebu, London and Mumbai
Aker Solutions says that the work of Johan Sverdrup engineering at most will involve 1,000 engineers. These will be distributed to engineering offices at Fornebu, London and Mumbai.
Communication Manager in Aker Solution, Bunny Nooryani, according to TU, the majority of these jobs ports abroad.
– When we are at the maximum working capacity of around 1,000 engineers, will around 400 of them work in Norway, she says.
The remaining 600 engineers distributed among offices in England and India , with about 300 each.
– This is part of the global delivery model that Aker Solutions. We have specialized engineers who sit in different countries and it helps us become more cost effective in our deliveries, she explains.
Nooryani points out that to perform parts of the engineering work outside Norway, Aker Solutions a large recruiting base which ensures that oil company gets the right skills profile and flexibility.
– It helps that we can win big contracts like this, she points out.
Giant project
Valborg Lundegaard manager engineering department in Aker Solutions. She says to TU contract comes at a very good time.
– This means a lot. Johan Sverdrup is the largest industrial project we are going to see in Norway for several decades. It is not only big in the Norwegian context, it is large in a global context when talking about oil and gas developments. For us to have such a central role in a partnership means a lot to opportunities on the Norwegian shelf, but also internationally, she said.
– This is the also conveniently considering what is happening in the industry now?
– It is wonderful that there comes a huge project now. For the entire industry, really. Johan Sverdrup shows that the oil and gas industry in Norway has a future. I’m also sure that there are more opportunities, she said.
Aker Solutions has until now been responsible for the pre-engineering of all four platforms that constitute the field center, an agreement was signed at the end 2013.
Large contract
Jon Arnt Jacobsen, chief procurement in Statoil, says the contract is big in their scale.
– This is a great day. It is properly fun and an important contract for us and Aker Solutions. It is also important for the partnership, which has been working on this a long time. This represents a new step for us. We have a new model and a new EPMA contract which is much larger and more extensive than what we usually do, he says, to TU.
Arne Sigve Nylund, executive vice president for Development and Production Norway says in the press release that Johan Sverdrup field development is of great importance not only for Statoil and its partners, but also to the supplier industry and the community.
– at plateau production from this field represents 25 percent of the total production on the Norwegian continental shelf. Although the prospects for the field are very good, it is crucial to proper cost focus in both the construction and operational phases, says Arne Sigve Nylund, executive vice president for Development and Production Norway, in the press release.
– We have worked diligently to reduce costs and improve efficiency in deliveries. It is therefore gratifying to see that Norwegian suppliers are competitive and that we can sign this contract with Aker Solutions. They have started their own improvement and is well underway to deliver on our integrated collaboration Sverdrup, says Margaret Øvrum, executive vice president for Technology, Projects and Drilling, in the message.
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The contract includes engineering and procurement management for riser and process platform covered Johan Sverdrup field’s first phase, in addition to interconnects and walkways for the entire field . Photo: Statoil
The contract includes engineering and procurement management for riser and process platform covered Johan Sverdrup field’s first phase, in addition to interconnects and walkways for the entire field . Photo: Statoil
Development in February
The contract award presupposes that it is taken an investment decision for Johan Sverdrup development now in February and also subject to the development plan are approved by Parliament 2015.
Statoil plans to hand over the development plan for Johan Sverdrup to authorities on 13 February.
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