Aker Solutions has landed a contract for Statoil’s flagship Johan Sverdrup North Sea field.
The firm will deliver a concept study on a new procession platform for future phased of the scheme.
Valborg Lundegaard, head of engineering at Aker Solutions, said: “Johan Sverdrup is of major importance to Norway’s oil industry and we’re very pleased to expand our involvement through work on future phases.
“We’ve worked closely with Statoil to bring down costs and increase the overall efficiency of the development and will continue to push for further improvements.”
Aker is in second year of a five-year engineering, procurement and management assistance (EPMA) assignment for the topsides of the first phase’s processing and riser platforms and the overall design integrity of the field.
At its peak this work is expected to involve more than 1,000 employees at engineering hubs in Oslo, London and Mumbai, according to the firm
Johan Sverdrup is Norway’s largest oil find in 30 years.
It’s estimated to hold 1.7 billion to 3 billion barrels of oil equivalents. It’s expected to produce 550,000 – 650,000 barrels of oil equivalents a day when fully developed, equal to about a quarter of current domestic output.
Production is due to start up in 2019.