North Sea Munin utility module completed in Thailand
Nov. 11, 2024
The utility module for Aker BP’s Munin field platform in the Norwegian North Sea will sail in the next few weeks from Aibel’s Laem Chabang yard in Thailand for Haugesund, Norway.
Aibel and Aker BP announced Oct. 31 that the Munin utility module is ready for sailaway from Thailand. The Munin utility module is more than 32 m long, 40 m wide and 37 m tall. About 950 people have been working to complete the module in Thailand.
The utility module for Aker BP’s Munin field platform in the Norwegian North Sea will sail in the next few weeks from Aibel’s Laem Chabang yard in Thailand for Haugesund, Norway.
“Munin is being built without a helicopter deck, living quarters and lifeboats. Access to the platform will be carried out in campaigns through support vessels," said Erling Landsværk, Aibel's Munin project director. “Our priorities have been safety incorporated in the design, minimal maintenance requirements and streamlining of platform systems and functions to avoid manual operations.”
Courtesy Aker BP
Assembly of the Munin topside took place at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund. Two sections have been installed on the grillage, as of Oct. 31.
Courtesy Aker BP
On Oct. 31, Aibel and Aker BP celebrated that the Munin utility module is ready for sailaway from Thailand.
Aibel Thailand is supplying the utility module, stair tower, flare boom and deck sections for the Munin process module. Following multiple shipments, assembly and outfitting will take place at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund, where piecing together of the topside started in September.
“The first shipment with two process sections from Thailand arrived shortly after," Landsværk said. "We are progressing according to plan, and the work has been carried out safely.”
The next shipment will comprise almost 500 mt of structural sections for the process module.
As the Munin topside comes together next year, it will rise to close to the rook of the yard’s North Sea Hall.
