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Aker Kvaerner To Remove Platforms In Frigg Field
Aker Kvaerner Offshore Partner AS, Stavanger will be the contract partner in a consortium of both Norwegian and UK companies, including Saipem UK, Shetland Decommissioning Company Ltd., Aker Kvaerner Offshore Partner Ltd., Aberdeen, Aker Stord and Aker Marine Contracting. All topsides and steel jackets are to be removed. The detail planning of the removal operations on Frigg starts immediately. Next summer 13,000-14,000 tonnes of steel from the gas handling and compressor platform TCP2 in the Norwegian sector - and some smaller units from the Living Quarter, QP, in the UK sector, will be taken onshore. Aker Kvaerner commented the contract for removing the installations on the Frigg Field is well aligned with their operations. As the field is partly located on the Norwegian continental shelf and partly on the UK continental shelf, it is planned to carry out the onshore dismantling activities both on the Greenhead Base at Shetland, and at Eldoyane on Stord, Norway. During the period 2005 to 2008, Aker Kvaerner will remove nearly 85,000 tonnes of steel from the Frigg Field, almost 20,000 tonnes of which will be taken to Shetland for dismantling and the rest will be taken onshore at Stord. All the steel will be recycled. In addition to the steel topsides on the TCP2 platform, DP1 and the entire drilling platform DP2 on the Norwegian sector, the contract includes all the living quarters and the steel topsides on the TP1, MCP-01 and CDP1 platforms in the UK sector. The large crane vessel "Saipem 7000" will play an important role during the heaviest lifting operations on the Frigg Field. The Frigg Field, which is located 230 kilometres North West of Stavanger, has been in operation for 27 years - from September 1977 till this autumn. The Frigg gas has been exported via pipelines to Scotland. Find out more about the Aker Kvaerner companies on this contract. Search for more Aker Kvaerner News Added to site on 26/10/04 |
Aker Kvaerner Offshore Partner AS has been awarded the contract for engineering, preparation, removal and disposal of the Frigg Field installations by the oil company Total E&P Norge AS. The contract has a value of NOK 3bn.