Offshore staff

HAUGESUND, Norway – Statoil has contracted DeepOcean AS to perform riser replacement and construction work in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea.

The firm and optional scope of work comprises complex marine operations for replacement, installation, and recovery of subsea lines and installation work at the Njord, Kristin,Troll C, and Åsgard fields.

Onshore engineering and preparatory work will begin in early 2018. Offshore execution is set for 2019 and 2020. The onshore project team will work out of DeepOcean’s offices in Haugesund and Stavanger, Norway.

Rolf Ivar Sørdal, commercial director for subsea services, said: “DeepOcean has throughout 2016 and 2017 successfully performed complex and demanding subsea operations for Statoil and the construction vesselEdda Freyahas introduced a new benchmark for efficiency and operability in SURF operations to the market.

“We believe this contract honors our achievements and further strengthens our solid relationship with Statoil.”

03/01/2018