Aker Solutions has won a NOK350million deal with Statoil for its flagship Johan Sverdrup development.
On average, the project will employ about 50 people with an expected peak of almost 100 in mid-2017.
The service firm was awarded the contract for upgrading the Mongstad terminal for Johan Sverdrup oil.
The deal includes the engineering, procurement and the construction of a pig receiver for the oil export pipeline from Johan Sverdrup.
“Starting in early 2017 the work at Mongstad will provide opportunities for local suppliers in the Mongstad area,” said Kjetel Digre, project director for Johan Sverdrup.
“It is also gratifying that we can include Egersund as a location and contributor delivering on the enormous jig-saw puzzle that the Johan Sverdrup project represents. In Norway all of the big yards along the entire coast are now involved in developing one of the biggest industrial projects in Norway in recent years.”
The pipeline receiving facilities will be constructed in an available area at the Mongstad complex on the west coast of Norway and will be tied in to all required utilities and control and safety systems. The facilities will be connected to the six existing oil caverns through a new manifold system, which will allow Johan Sverdrup crude to be distributed to any of the caverns on the site.
“We are pleased to work with Statoil in laying yet another one of the key building blocks for the major Johan Sverdrup development,” added Knut Sandvik, head of Aker Solutions’ maintenance, modifications and operations business.
Contracts at a value of more than NOK 60 billion have been awarded for Johan Sverdrup, more than 70 % of this won by Norwegian suppliers.