Claxton has been selected to provide rigless recovery of a number of abandoned wells on Statoil’s Huldra platform.
The company said work on the platform will begin in December and the project is due for completion within 21 days.
Claxton will be responsible for providing decommissioning work, including project planning, severance and full multiple string recovery.
Claxton managing director Laura Claxton said: “Claxton performed the world’s first rigless platform well abandonment campaign on the Esmond, Forbes and Gordon field in the North Sea in 1995 and have completed more than 280 cutting and recovery projects since.
“Being awarded this contract with Statoil reinforces our leading position in the decommissioning market and demonstrates that clients value our experience, strategic technical approach and capabilities.”
“The total weight of the platform is around 10,000t, distributed over a 5,000t topside and 5,000t steel jacket.”
Huldra is the first Statoil-operated platform without permanent staffing and was operated from the Veslefrikk B platform located around 16km away.