Aker Options has been awarded a “sizeable” EPCIC contract by Equinor ASA’s Troll asset within the North Sea.
The scope contains engineering, procurement, development, set up, and commissioning (EPCIC) for topside modifications. The contract is for the preparation of the Troll A platform for receiving and processing fuel from eight new wells at Troll West fuel reservoir, Aker Options mentioned in a information launch. The corporate defines a sizeable contract as having a worth between $47 million and $140 million (NOK 0.5 billion and NOK 1.5 billion). The contract will start instantly and is scheduled for completion on the finish of 2027.
The Troll area is located within the North Sea, 49.7 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of Bergen, and is Norway’s largest fuel producer, supplying 10 % of Europe’s complete fuel wants. Troll Part 3 includes producing the fuel cap overlying the oil column in Troll West, whereas additionally persevering with the manufacturing of oil. The produced fuel goes to Troll A and onwards in present infrastructure, in response to the discharge.
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The primary stage of this improvement was accomplished in 2021 with a brand new module on the Troll A platform to obtain and course of fuel from the Troll West area. Aker Options mentioned it accomplished the Troll A topside modification and offered the subsea programs for the sector improvement in Stage I.
“We’re excited to proceed following the numerous improvement of the large Troll area and to maneuver ahead with the subsequent step of Troll Part 3. In-depth information of Troll A, the gear on the asset, and the modifications made within the first part is important, offering a powerful basis for executing this new scope,” Paal Eikeseth, government vice-president and head of Aker Options’ Life Cycle section, mentioned.
Aker Options added that it has additionally been entrusted with getting ready and putting in gear for the clean-up of the preliminary properly fluids through the start-up of the wells.
“We may have the lead accountability for the interfaces between contractors on this mission and can leverage our expertise as integrators in advanced vitality initiatives, specializing in delivering high-value and optimized options. We’re honored to be a trusted contractor and sit up for persevering with the shut collaboration with Equinor on Troll,” Eikeseth mentioned.
A number of Aker Options workplaces can be engaged within the engineering part. Venture administration, element engineering, procurement and store engineering can be executed by Aker Options` Stavanger workplace with assist from Bergen and Mumbai. Development and prefabrication can be executed on the firm’s yard in Egersund. As well as, OneSubsea, of which Aker Options owns 20 %, has beforehand been contracted for the subsea manufacturing system for the mission, in response to the discharge.
Final month, Equinor began offering the Troll area property with onshore energy.
The onshore energy equipped to Troll B and C reduces annual emissions on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) by 250,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), Equinor mentioned in an earlier information launch. The mission is in step with the plan for improvement and operation (PDO) for Troll West electrification (TWEL), which was authorized by Norwegian authorities in 2021.
In response to the discharge, the facility to Troll B and C comes from Kollsnes, northwest of Bergen, Norway. From right here it runs via a brand new electro constructing shared by the Troll and Oseberg fields out to Troll B in a 132-kilovolt energy cable, and from there to Troll C.
Equinor mentioned it put in new modules on Troll B and C that modify the voltage to the programs on board. The processing programs and different energy-intensive programs on each platforms at the moment are pushed by electrical energy, aside from the big export compressors, that are nonetheless gas-powered.
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