Kvaerner and Aker Solutions cut the first steel plate for phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup offshore field development. The Johan Sverdrup development, including phase 1 and phase 2, is one of the largest current industry projects in Europe with around 150 000 man-years involved in developing the installations.
The Johan Sverdrup field is located around 160 kilometres west of Stavanger. For its second phase 2, the contract includes engineering, procurement and construction of a 5 000 tonnes module with new systems.
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The total contract value is NOK 3.4 billion and includes modification work on the field centre, offshore installation and integration work in connection with phase 2 of the field development. The project is scheduled for completion in 2022.
The first steel plate to be cut will be used at a bridge support module which will be positioned where a new bridge is connected to the current riser platform at the Johan Sverdrup development.
The sections of the Johan Sverdrup field that are built in phase 1 will start production in 2019, while the sections in phase 2 will begin production in 2022. Phase 1 includes four platform topsides on steel jackets, while phase 2 includes a new platform topside on a steel substructure. Kvaerner will also supply the steel jacket that will carry the new phase 2 processing platform topside.
Johan Sverdrup is not only Kvaerner’s most important project in recent years, it is also Norway’s biggest industry project in recent times
Karl-Petter Løken, CEO in Kvaerner, stated.
