Total's Martin Linge development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea took two steps forward this week, with the sailout of a 16,000-tonne jacket (pictured right) and the arrival of the Maersk Intrepid in Norway.
The Maersk Intrepid is Maersk Drilling's latest jackup drilling rig (pictured below arriving at Westcon Yards). It is due to start a four-year contract with Total on the Martin Linge field after a 50-60 day stay at Westcon Yards in Olen, Norway, following its arrival yesterday.
The rig had sailed from Keppel FELS' yard in Singapore on the heavy lift vessel Hawk. The yard stay is required for crew training, installing third party equipment, and testing on board systems, says Malvin Eide, rig manager at Westcon Yards.
With 206.8m leg lengths, Maersk Intrepid is the world’s largest jackup rig.
The eight-legged Martin Linge jacket left Kvaerner's Verdal yard on June 3, for installation at the Martin Linge field, about 180km west of Bergen in 115m water depth. With this delivery, Kvaerner Verdal has delivered 42 jackets during the past 42 years.
It is also 20 years since Westcon had its first rig stay, with the Safe Britannia. Westcon has since invested more than NOK 600 million in developing the yard and the organization, and more than 100 rig projects have been completed.
The estimated 25,000-ton topsides, being supplied under an EPIC contract with a consortium between Technip and Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries, will comprise utility, process, and flare modules, as well as living quarters with 95 single-bed cabins.
Total is operator on the Martin Linge project, holding 51% interest, with partners Petoro (30%) and Statoil (19%).
Oil and gas production is expected to start in 2016 with a capacity of 80,000 boe/d.
Gas from the field will be exported to the UK via the FUKA gas pipeline. The field’s power needs will be supplied from the Norwegian mainland grid via a 170km-long subsea cable.
Read more:
Technip nets Martin Linge work
Photos from Kvaerner and Westcon.
Subscribe
