Offshore staff

TANANGER, Norway – Shell Projects and Technology has awarded FMC Technologies a five-year framework agreement for A/S Norske Shell’s deepwater subsea production systems.

The first contract will likely be for the Linnorm subsea gas development in 300 m (984 ft) water depth in license PL 255 Norwegian Sea, where a final investment decision is likely in early 2013.

Linnorm was proven in 2005 and delineated two years later. It comprises six stacked reservoirs with varying output characteristics. Development would call for processing capacity of 15 MMcm/d (530 MMcf/d) to be installed on the Draugen platform, with four or five wells drilled from two four-slot subsea templates.

Processed gas would be exported from Draugen via a new pipeline, Norwegian Sea Gas Infrastructure (NSGI), to Nyhamna.

Norske Shell is operator, in partnership with Petoro, Total, and Statoil.

01/24/2012