Ocean Installer Awarded Statoil North Sea Work

Ocean Installer has been awarded North Sea umbilical installation and riser replacement contracts from Statoil (STO), the company announced yesterday.

The Norwegian subsea contractor signed amendments with Statoil for umbilical marine installation at the North Sea's Visund field and for riser replacement at the Troll B field. The work will be executed under the SLMP Marine Installation Contract.

Ocean Installer will utilize the large construction support vessel (CSV), Normand Vision, as the installation vessel for both projects. The water depth in both areas is approximately 330m.

 “We are pleased to have secured more work for a key client like Statoil. The Norwegian Continental Shelf continues to be an area of great importance to us,” says Ocean Installer CEO Steinar Riise.

The work scope at the Visund field will include the load out and transport of a new umbilical riser and the installation of new umbilical riser system, which will include a vertical anchor and mud mat for supporting umbilical termination assembly.

The work scope at the Troll B field includes a subsea disconnection and the removal of the existing riser, installation and subsea tie-in of a new riser and transport, and the offloading of an existing riser at the Stord Base.

The Visund field is situated in the Tampen Area, in blocks 34/7 and 34/8, approx. 140km West of Sognefjorden and 22km North-East of the Gullfaks field. Troll is located about 80km west of Bergen.

The Troll project will takes place in June 2015 and the Visund Umbilical offshore operations will take place in August 2015.