Aker Solutions announced that it was awarded contracts from Statoil to provide subsea production systems and services for the Troll Phase 3 and Askeladd natural-gas developments offshore Norway.
Namely, the company will deliver a subsea production system, which includes two manifolds and nine trees for the Troll development in the North Sea. The system for Askeladd in the Barents Sea will be comprised of two manifolds and four trees.
The contracts are estimated to have a total value of between NOK 1.5-2 billion kroner and will be booked in the first quarter. Operations are expected to start in January, with final deliveries scheduled for 2020.
“We look forward to working with Statoil on these fields, which are key to further developing Norway as a major gas supplier. We expect to generate significant synergies by building on our work on another major ongoing Statoil project, the delivery of the subsea production system for the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea,” noted Aker Solutions Chief Executive Officer Luis Araujo.
The works on the two systems will involve facilities in Norway, Brazil, the UK and Malaysia. Initial deliveries are planned for the second quarter of 2019. Aker Solutions’ facilities in Ågotnes, Norway and Hammerfest, will supply the subsea services for Troll and Askeladd.
Troll contains approximately 40% of Norway’s offshore gas reserves and is expected to continue producing for decades to come. Askeladd will begin operating after 2020, developing Norway’s newest oil and gas region in the far North. It is based about 180 kilometers from the Melkøya onshore plant, where the gas will be processed.
