Offshore staff
LYSAKER, Norway – Heerema’s crane vessel Sleipnir has installed the topsides for the normally unmanned wellhead platform for Aker BP’s Hod field redevelopment in the southern Norwegian North Sea.
The 2,000-metric ton (2,204-ton) topsides, built in Verdal, Norway, was installed on the steel jacket that was delivered by Aker Solutions in June.
Aker BP and partner Pandion Energy are redeveloping the Hod oil field with a normally unmanned wellhead platform, Hod B, tied-back to and remotely controlled from the Valhall field center.
Hod B is the second project for Aker BP’s Fixed Facilities Alliance with Aker Solutions and ABB. The first project was Valhall Flanke West.
The first steel for Hod B was cut at Aker Solutions’ shipyard in Verdal just hours after the Storting approved temporary changes to the petroleum tax in June 2020.
According to Aker BP, more than 100 supplier companies throughout Norway have contributed to the Hod development. Around 550 people from the alliance and subcontractors have worked on the project at the yard in Verdal. More than 50 apprentices have completed large parts of their vocational training on the project.
Remaining activities include installation and connection of gas lift pipes, production pipes, and umbilicals. Integration work is under way at Valhall, and the jackup Maersk Invincible is expected to drill production wells this autumn.
Production is expected to start in 1Q 2022. Recoverable reserves are estimated at 40 MMboe. According to Aker BP, Hod will have low CO2 emissions due to power from shore.
Aker BP is the operator with 90% ownership interest, and Pandion Energy holds the remaining 10%.
08/10/2021
