Dutch offshore contractor Boskalis has been awarded a contract by Samsung Heavy Industries for the transportation of the three topside modules of the riser platform and the topside of the processing platform for the Johan Sverdrup project offshore Norway.
The contract is worth about US$40 million. The modules will be transported by Boskalis subsidiary Dockwise in three journeys.
A Dockwise type I heavy transport vessel will transport two topside modules of the riser platform, with a total weight of more than 20,000-tonne, and a Dockwise type II vessel will transport the third 6000-tonne module in 1H 2018. The modules will be transported from the yard in Geoje, South Korea, to the project site offshore Norway where they will be offloaded.
The transportation of the topside of the processing platform from South Korea will be executed by the Dockwise Vanguard and is expected to take place in 1H 2019. Following its arrival in Norway, the cargo will be offloaded in a fjord near Stavanger.
Johan Sverdrup, about 150km offshore Stavanger, Norway, is one of the five biggest oil fields on the Norwegian continental shelf with 1.7-3 billion boe expected resources. The project is a joint development by Statoil, Lundin Norway, Petoro, Det norske oljeselskap and Maersk Oil.
Image: The Dockwise Vanguard with the former Schiehallion FPSO.
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