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president for the Sverdrup develop- will be designed for a total of 45 risers ment Oivind Reinertsen. “It repre- and J-tubes as well as 10 caissons. The sents a new and exciting chapter in topsides will be supported on an eight- the history of the NCS.” Total invest- legged jacket structure. The topsides will

EPIC ment will range between NOK100 be 125m x 30m, and the dry weight will billion and NOK200 billion, and be 19,000 tonnes.

• operational costs for phase 1 will be The drilling platform will also provide from NOK3 to NOK5 billion per year. well bay, production and injection mani-

The investment in phase one is put at folding functionality. The topside will

NOK100 – 120 billion alone. include a module support frame, drilling

The Johan Sverdrup ? eld extends support module and drilling equipment

Fig. 2: Core sample at Johan Sverdrup. over about 200sq km, an area about set. Ancillary equipment includes two

Photos from Annette Westgard, Statoil. half the size of Greater Oslo. “We have platform cranes and supports for bridges an ambition for this ? eld to produce to the riser and process platforms. The up to 70% of the oil in place,” says platform is based on a 4 x 12 well slot

Reinertsen. con? guration, giving 48 well slots in

The Johan Sverdrup discovery total. The topside dimensions will be was made in 2010, (originally named 40m x 83m with a dry weight of 15,000

Avaldsnes) and 2011, (Aldous Major) tonnes.

• by Lundin and Statoil, respectively, The living quarters platform (LQ) will in an area where oil activities on the provide 450 cabins and serve as the ? eld

Norwegian Continental Shelf started. center (control room) for operations

The ? elds are situated in the two and telecommunications. It will contain old production licenses 1 and 7, ? rst workshops/stores and provide emergency

Fig. 3: Core samples at Johan Sverdrup.

awarded in 1966 and 1972. The ? rst power and other utilities for the ? eld. exploration well drilled on it back in The main mustering stations, equipped 1967 was the second exploration well with nine lifeboats, will be located on the ever drilled on the NCS. LQ. A permanently stationed search and

The water depth, at only 120m, rescue helicopter will be based here. The means that the ? eld can be developed topside dimensions will be 85m x 28m using cost-ef? cient jacket solutions. and the dry weight 16,500 tonnes. There

Water injection will be the primary will be three trussed-structure bridges of drive mechanism, with gas lift as various lengths (80-120m).

arti? cial lift. In June this year, under a newly-signed

Aker Solutions received a frame- ? ve-year agreement, Kvaerner was given work contract from Statoil in a letter of intent to engineer and build the

December 2013, to provide engineer- jackets and piles for the riser and drilling

Fig 4. Core sample at Johan Sverdrup. ing services, procurement and manage- platforms, with delivery in summer 2017

Multiple phase development ment assistance (EPMa) for as many as and spring 2018, respectively. The engi- 10 years at Johan Sverdrup. The contract Johan Sverdrup will be developed in neering is being performed at Statoil’s includes front end engineering and multiple phases. This ? rst will consist of? ces in Oslo and the structures will design (FEED) work building on concept of a ? eld center with four bridge-linked be built at Kvaerner’s Verdal yard. The studies Aker Solutions carried out last processing, drilling, riser and accommo- ? eld will be operated by electrical power year. Aker Solutions has assembled one dation platforms (Figure 1). These will be generated onshore. ABB has the FEED of its biggest engineering teams ever, designed to allow for future expansion. study for the power plant and National involving 400 employees in Oslo and The reservoir is at a depth of 1800-1900m. Oilwell Varco for the drilling equipment.

London, to deliver the initial plans for The oil handling design capacity of Kongsberg is performing FEED for safety the engineering and design phase. the process platform will be 315,000 and automation systems and IKM Ocean

The ? nal FEED report is slated for boe/d divided into two trains and gas Design for the in? eld pipelines.

delivery before the end of the year [2014] capacity 6Mcu m/d. The processing Oil will be exported to the Mongstad and will be used by the ? eld partners system includes three stage separators, terminal by a 275km, 36in pipeline and to make a ? nal investment decision for gas dehydration and gas recompression gas to Kårstø via a 165km pipeline which the ? rst phase development. A plan equipment, gas export compressor, gas- will tie into Statpipe. Pipelay is sched- for development is then expected to be ? red heaters, produced water process- uled for 2018.

submitted in February 2015 to Norwegian ing equipment etc. The topsides will Johan Sverdrup is in blocks 16/2, 16/3 authorities for approval. The next stage, measure 100m x 25m and will have a dry (PL501, PL 265) and 16/5 (PL 502). The after approval, will be detailed design and weight of 23,000 tonnes. partners in three production licenses are: • procurement services. Aker Solutions’ The riser platform will be a com- Statoil, Lundin Norway, Petoro, Maersk contract with Statoil has an EPma option bined riser/utility platform, providing Oil and Det norske oljeselskap. It is the for the development’s ? rst phase and addi- water and chemical injection, oil and result of discoveries by Lundin on the tional options for work in later phases. gas export, and ? eld power, which can Avaldnes prospect and Statoil on Aldous be used for future tie-ins. The platform Major in 2010 and 2011.

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