Aibel was awarded a US$114.3 million engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for work related to planned water injection from the Heidrun platform to the Wintershall Norge-operated Maria field.
The Maria field is in the Norwegian Sea, about 45km southwest of the Heidrun platform and has been built as a subsea solution with templates connected to the facilities in the area.
Aibel’s scope of work entails increasing the water injection capacity of Heidrun and perform the tie-in of the water injection from the platform to the Maria field via a riser. The job includes various modifications necessary for the connection work.
Aibel will purchase and install new SRP filter packages, upgrade existing equipment, expand the riser balcony, move a lifeboat, and upgrade the platform’s control system.
The project will be managed from Aibel's Haugesund office and will involve 170 workers at its peak.
“Work will start immediately and will be completed in spring 2018. The contract was awarded by Statoil, which is responsible for the part of the Maria field related to Heidrun,” Aibel CEO Jan Skogseth said.
The partners in the license for the Maria field are: Wintershall 50% (operator), Centrica Resources 20% and Petoro 30%.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) received and considering a plan for development and operation for the Maria oil discovery on 6 May.
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