Offshore staff
SANDE, Norway – Aker BP has contracted PG Flow Solutions to supply pump systems for a new, normally unmanned wellhead platform planned for the Hod field in the southern Norwegian North Sea.
Hod B is the second project for the Wellhead Platform Alliance, formed in 2017 by Aker BP, Kvaerner, ABB, and Aker Solutions. Previously they worked on Aker BP’s nearby Valhall Flank West development, where the normally unmanned wellhead platform came onstream late last year.
PG’s package for the Hod B topsides will include a pressure equalizing pump, freshwater pump, freshwater pressure pump, diesel transfer pump, and a hazardous open drain pump. The scope is similar to the pump systems the company delivered to the alliance for Valhall Flank West in 2018.
“Re-using already proven solutions and development plans reduce costs and risks for both suppliers and the operator,” said Mark Tuinman, sales manager – energy, at PG Flow.
The new Hod platform concept is said to be basically a copy of the Valhall Flank West platform design, aside from minor changes to functional requirements and others based on lessons learned from the previous project’s commissioning and handover phases.
Hod B will be tied-back to and remotely controlled from the Valhall Central complex, 12 km (7.5 mi) to the north.
06/17/2020
