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    Equinor extends Wood support for North Sea Mariner projects

    Nov. 29, 2023
    Equinor UK has awarded Wood a two-year extension to its contract to support operations at the heavy-oil Mariner Field in the UK northern North Sea.
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    Courtesy Wood
    The Mariner Field is located about 150 km east of the Shetland Islands in the North Sea.
    The Mariner Field is located about 150 km east of the Shetland Islands in the North Sea.

    Offshore staff

    ABERDEEN, UK — Equinor UK has awarded Wood a two-year extension to its contract to support operations at the heavy-oil Mariner Field in the UK northern North Sea.

    Wood will continue to provide operations, maintenance, modifications and offshore services on the Mariner A platform and Mariner B FSU, along with front-end concept and feasibility studies, detailed design, construction and commissioning services for future projects.

    In addition, Equinor will continue to apply Wood’s digital services to optimize efficiency across Mariner’s operations.

    The field, 150 km east of the Shetland Islands, could produce more than 300 MMbbl over the next 30 years, contributing toward reliable energy supply and security.

    11.29.2023

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    (Photo: Michal Wachucik / Equinor ASA)
    The Mariner A platform in the UK northern North Sea.
    (All images by Michal Wachucik/courtesy Equinor)
    The Mariner field development concept includes a production, drilling and quarters platform based on a steel jacket, with a floating storage unit.
    (Photo: Jamie Baikie and Michal Wachucik / Equinor ASA)
    The accommodation rig Safe Boreas at the Mariner complex in the UK northern North Sea.