Ocean Installer has recently completed the first permanent subsea installation at the Johan Sverdrup field, marking the kick-off of the Johan Sverdrup offshore work - see video below.
The offshore campaign took place late January, in line with project plans and schedule, and involved the installation of a subsea template for water injection.
The template weighed 290-ton and was installed using the construction support vessel Normand Vision.
“This was a very complex lift, taking place during what is normally one of the most challenging offshore months in the North Sea. But thorough planning and excellent cooperation with Statoil ensured that the campaign went very smoothly,” says Steinar Riise, CEO of Ocean Installer.
This is the first offshore campaign Ocean Installer will be executing for Statoil on Johan Sverdrup this year, and before the summer Ocean Installer will have installed two more subsea templates for water injection on the field.
Johan Sverdrup, 155km west of Stavanger, Norway, is one of the five biggest oil fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, with expected resources of 1.7-3 billion boe. The field was discovered in 2011.
Ocean Installer was awarded the Johan Sverdrup work February last year as part of a larger Statoil contract for subsea installation works that also covered Gina Krog and Oseberg Vestflanken. Together this constitutes a significant portion of Statoil’s planned subsea construction work on the NCS for the 2017 season.