Norway-based engineering and construction services firm Kvaerner has received the first of two shipments of pile clusters and flotation tanks at its Verdal yard.
Kvaerner will install these structures on the steel jacket for Johan Sverdrup project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, which is currently under construction at the Verdal yard.
Go deeper with GlobalData
Discover B2B Marketing That Performs
Combine business intelligence and editorial excellence to reach engaged professionals across 36 leading media platforms.
The four pile clusters and two sets of 7,000t flotation tanks will be unloaded from transportation vessels to Kvaerner’s quay located in Verdal.
Johan Sverdrup has expected resources of between 1.7 billion and three billion barrels of oil equivalent and is scheduled to start production at the end of 2019.
The field will be developed in phases, and a field centre comprising four platforms will be established as part of the first phase.
Oil from the field will be transported to the Mongstad terminal in Hordaland, while gas will be piped through Statpipe to the Kårstø processing plant in North Rogaland.
US Tariffs are shifting - will you react or anticipate?
Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard. Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis.
By GlobalDataIn March, Kvaerner and its subcontractors cut the first steel plates for the utility and living quarters topside for the Johan Sverdrup field.
Partners in the field are Statoil, Lundin Petroleum, Maersk Oil, Petoro, Det Norske Oljeselskap.
