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NEWS - EUROPE
Awarding framework contract for engineering and
installation services on Statfjord
Equinor has, on behalf of the licence partners, awarded Apply a
framework agreement for engineering and installation services on
the North Sea Statfjord field. According to the agreement the parties
will collaborate in new ways while carrying out the work on Statfjord
safely and efficiently.
The agreement covers overhaul, replacement and modification
deliveries on the three Statfjord platforms. The period of agreement is
seven years, plus a three-year option. The agreement will take effect on
1 September 2020.
“Our ambition is to become a leading late-life operator on the
Norwegian continental shelf. In order to succeed, we must apply new
working methods to reduce costs. This will create opportunities for new
investments in late-life fields, so that we can extract the last resources
in a profitable way and with low carbon emissions,” says Kjetil Hove,
senior vice president for the new business area Field Life eXtension
(FLX), that was established on 1 April this year.
New collaboration model
The supplier will be integrated in the FLX organisation in new premises
at Forus. The companies will collaborate on the design and planning of
the work to be carried out. Common drivers for the parties have been
established to support the ambitions of Equinor FLX.
“With this award we are establishing a closer collaboration with the
supplier. Together we will drive simplification and standardization
to perform the work safely and cost-effectively. We will also involve
sub-suppliers early to achieve optimal solutions and common value
creation. If we are to succeed on FLX’s ambitions, we must radically
change the way we work together,” says chief procurement officer Peggy
Krantz-Underland.
The companies will focus on simplified work processes, standardised
products and solutions, and at the same time benefit from digital
technology, such as 3D printing.
Creating higher value and extending field life
Production from Statfjord will be extended by maturing new reserves
for recovery and upgrading platforms as required. Around 100 new
wells will be drilled in the period up to 2030. They will help maintain
the current Statfjord production level beyond 2025, strongly increasing
the activity level on the field and requiring considerable investments.
Statfjord A was scheduled for decommissioning in 2022, however, it
has been decided to extend the field life to 2027. The lives of the Statfjord
B and C platforms will be extended from 2025 to 2040. This will sustain
high value creation from the field and secure profitable jobs. During 40
years of production, Statfjord has generated NOK 1 600 billion in gross
revenue for the owners and Norwegian society.
The licensees on Statfjord are Equinor Energy AS (operator), Vår
Energi A/S and Spirit Energy. •
PGS Starts Acquisition on 2020 Hammerfest Basin
Extension Survey
Acquisition has begun on PGS’s latest ultra-high-density seismic
survey in the Barents Sea. The survey extends Hammerfest Basin
coverage further west and north into the southern Loppa High. The first
data will be available Q4 2020.
The acquisition geometry builds on the innovative configuration
previously applied on the PGS18004NBS survey, applying a wide-tow
source configuration in combination with a tailored ultra-high-density
GeoStreamer setup.
This season, PGS promises to obtain even more near offsets by
extending the survey geometry used on the 2018 acquisition to push the
towing limits achievable from a single vessel.
This technical set-up, which includes wide-source spread, highdensity
streamers, and long tails for FWI, has been tailored for the
precise imaging of extremely shallow targets without compromising
illumination of targets at deeper levels.
“Efficiency and accuracy are required for successful exploration in
the Barents Sea. The advanced design and technology offered by the
Ramform Tethys will deliver both, and result in a superior dataset for
this challenging and prospective area,” says Gunhild Myhr, VP New
Ventures Europe at PGS.
The survey area includes open acreage included in the APA2020 and
held acreage.
Tailored Technology
The Ramform Tethys seismic acquisition vessel is operating a highly
effective, dense, 16-streamer spread of variable lengths, with 56.25 m
separation, including a sparse set of 10 km long streamers for FWIbased
velocity model building.
Through thorough planning and modeling, acquisition and imaging of
this survey have been tailored to address known exploration challenges
in the Barents Sea. •
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