Offshore staff
STAVANGER, Norway – Statoil has awarded Kvaerner Engineering a concept study for a standardized, unmanned dry tree wellhead platform for the Oseberg Future Development project in the North Sea.
The concept will focus on minimization of facilities, equipment, and costs to water depths of 150 m (492 ft). Statoil is aiming for a more cost-effective solution than a conventionalsubsea tieback.
Kvaerner has been working on a cost-efficient, standardized wellhead platform concept called “Subsea on a stick.” The company claims the resultant platforms could serve to increase recovery and use of new generation jackup drilling rigs, as well as reduce development costs.
This will likely be the first in a series of new Statoil projects in which unmanned wellhead platforms replace a traditional subsea project solution within applicable water depths.
Kvaerner’s front-end team in Oslo is handling the project, supported by its jackets technology engineering team. All work is expected to be completed in November, with concept selection to follow by the end of the year.
09/02/2014
