Offshore staff
STORD, Norway – First steel has been cut for two more Aker BP developments in the Norwegian North Sea.
Aker Solutions’ yard will construct the topsides for the new production platform for the Valhall development and the Hugin A production and living quarters platform in the Yggdrasil area.
The program is a cooperation with Aker BP, ABB and Siemens Energy as part of the Fixed Facilities Alliance. Aker Solutions’ yards in Egersund, Verdal and Sandnessjøen will also support the two projects, as will the Nymo yard in Grimstad, Rosenberg Worley in Stavanger, Aibel in Haugesund and Leirvik in Stord.
Valhall PWP-Fenris is a joint development in the southern part of the North Sea; Pandion Energy is the partner in Valhall and PGNiG Upstream Norway in Fenris, 50 km to the south.
Aker BP has commissioned a new centrally located production and wellhead platform bridge-linked to the Valhall Field center and an unmanned installation at Fenris connected via pipeline to Valhall.
The new facilities will use Valhall’s existing power from shore system. The company expects to recover an additional 230 MMboe and ensure a lifetime extension for Valhall post-2028.
Valhall PWP is a 16,000-metric-ton production platform for the Valhall Field that will be assembled at Stord, with the 9,500-mt steel jacket to be fabricated by Aker Solutions in Verdal. In addition, Sandnessjøen, Worley Rosenberg and Nymo in Arendal will contribute to the construction work.
Yggdrasil, which encompasses the Hugin, Fulla and Munin license groups, is between the Alvheim and Oseberg field centers, with combined resources of more than 700 MMboe. Aker BP’s partners in the area are Equinor and PGNiG Upstream Norway.
The project involves construction of three platforms, nine subsea templates, new pipelines for oil and gas export, and power from shore, with the entire Yggdrasil area remotely operated from an integrated operations center/control room onshore in Stavanger.
Hugin A’s 28,000-metric-ton production platform, the largest topsides ever built in the Stord area, will be supported by a 20,500-mt steel jacket to be delivered from Aker Solutions yard in Verdal. Aker Solutions’ yards in Egersund and Sandnessjøen will build modules, while Leirvik will supply the living quarters.
Construction of the Hugin B and Fenris unmanned platforms will take place at Verdal, while Aibel will supply the topside for Munin.
09.05.2023
