Equinor and Kongsberg Digital Team Up to Enhance Offshore Skills and Environmental Protection
suite will be installed at the North Cape Simulator Centre in Honningsvaag, Norway. This is a modern simulator center which offers safety courses and emergency training for seafarers and personnel in the oil and gas industry. The investment will enable the training of professionals from Johan Castberg, Norne, Åsgård A, and Njord N offshore installations as well as Melkøya onshore plant."Kongsberg Digital is happy to contribute to the maritime training in the north. North Cape upper secondary school has unique expertise in maritime training and oil spill preparednes
Aker Solutions Wins First SWIFT Contract at Johan Castberg Field With Equinor
Norwegian offshore services company Aker Solutions has won a contract with the oil and gas company Equinor to deliver the first Submersible Wireless Installer for Tubing (SWIFT™) for 18 tubing hanger installations on the Johan Castberg field, an assignment expected to continue for two years, starting June 2024.Aker Solutions said this was the first commercial campaign for the SWIFT remotely operated tubing hanger (TH) tool.SWIFT was developed in partnership with Envirex and will be manufactured at Envirex's facilities in Bryne, Norway. According to Aker Solutions, its market advantage
Havfram Bags Senegalese Mooring Pre-Lay Contract from MODEC
;.Havfram’s project management and engineering team will be based in Havfram’s Stavanger office in Norway and the Aberdeen office in the UK . Havfram is also currently contracted for similar critical start up processes for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim FPSO offshore Mauritania and the Johan Castberg and Jotun FPSO on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
Alcatel Submarine Network’s DC/FO Tech together with Equinor ASA wins the 2022 UTC Award
trees and thanks to easy to implement standardized joints, field extensions are also simplified and lower cost, enabling phased developments.The technology, which builds on technologies originally developed for submarine telecommunications, saw its first deployment last year, at Equinor’s Johan Castberg field development in the Barents Sea. Since deployment at Johan Castberg, the technology has also been chosen for several more field developments and projects, including the Breidablikk subsea field development and the Northern Lights CCS project.It is also helping to supporting ocean science
Brownfield Boost: Vigdis Gets a Subsea (Pump) Lift
AS (2.8 per cent)When the Vigdis field came on stream in 1997, the recoverable resources were estimated at 200 million barrels. So far, the field has produced 413 million barrels and estimated recoverable resources have increased to 475 million barrels. In comparison, the recoverable resources from Johan Castberg are between 450 and 650 million barrels of oil equivalent.The distance from the Snorre A platform to the closest subsea template on Vigdis is 5.8 kilometres
Aker Solutions, Equinor Sign LoI for Askeladd Subsea System
to Equinor under the NCS 2017+ framework agreement," said Luis Araujo, chief executive officer of Aker Solutions. He said: "The Askeladd Vest subsea production system is based on our standard technology and products currently being delivered to several ongoing projects, including Johan Castberg, Troll phase three, Askeladd phase one, and the recently awarded Breidablikk project".The scope of the expansion of the Askeladd field includes one template with a manifold and two subsea trees with associated control systems.Aker Solutions estimates the value of the potential contract to
Photo: Johan Castberg Anchor System Installation Underway
Norwegian offshore vessel contractor Island Offshore has shared photos of what it says is one of the most comprehensive anchoring projects globally in 2020 - the installation of an anchor system for Equinor's Johan Castberg project in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway."An anchor system of enormous dimensions is currently being deployed at the oilfield, and Island Victory [installation vessel] is chartered for the job. This is one of the most comprehensive anchoring projects globally in 2020; preparing for the arrival of a floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) which will be
Challenges of Underwater Structure Monitoring for Offshore Operations
last year, Ashtead Technology completed a two-part subsea installation monitoring project for client Ocean Installer AS in the Northern Norwegian Sea. The company supplied its DMS to monitor the installation of 15 Integrated Template Structures (ITS) in total, located in Equinor’s Askeladd and Johan Castberg fields.Combining powerful software with modular technology, the DMS was deployed alongside supporting technicians over the two phases. The first project for nine ITS was completed within just 25 days, resulting in significant cost efficiencies for Ocean Installer – so much so that the contract
Drilling Activity Buoyant in Norway
pace last seen in 2013 and 2015, before the effects of the oil price collapse took hold on the drilling market in Norway.”Subsea development wells are forecast to experience a growth spurt beginning in 2020 and lasting several years. Several large upcoming subsea field developments, such as Johan Castberg, Snorre Expansion, and Wisting, will also spark an increase in long-term contracts for harsh-environment semisubmersible rigs authorized for operations in Norway. Meanwhile, development wells associated with wellhead platforms – so-called dry wells – will see a flatter forward trend
February 2024
