Aker Kvaerner set to ship record-making subsea pumps to GoM

Aker Kvaerner says it will ship three subsea MultiBooster pump systems for Gulf of Mexico water depths more than 1,700 m (5,577 ft) and more than 29 km (18 mi) from the platform.

Jun 14th, 2007

Offshore staff

LYSANDER, Norway --Aker Kvaerner says it will ship three subsea MultiBooster pump systems for Gulf of Mexico water depths more than 1,700 m (5,577 ft) and more than 29 km (18 mi) from the platform. The contract was first announced in October 2005.

The three MultiBooster pumps, weighing 57 metric tons (63 tons) each, are expected to reach the Gulf early in July.

"This represents a key milestone for Aker Kvaerner's award-winning processing and boosting technology," says Jarl Kosberg, senior vice president Trees/Processing and Boosting, Aker Kvaerner Subsea. "The installation of these pumps will extend the production lifetime of the field and increase the ultimate oil recovery for the operator.

"We are extremely pleased to work with BP on this important project," continues Kosberg. "This technology has been engineered and produced at Aker Kvaerner's subsea facility in Tranby, Norway. We are very proud to see the results of our development work and this is a major step forward for us."

6/14/07

More in Subsea
Websiteimage Sunset
Aqueos completes jacket inspection surveys offshore California
Aqueos Corp. has completed a major diving and ROV project offshore California.
Dec 27th, 2019
The scope of work scope of work includes project management, engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of the multi-phase pump system, a 14-mi (23-km) water injection flowline system, and the water injection control system.
Subsea 7 to install St. Malo equipment in the Gulf of Mexico
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. has contracted Subsea 7 for installation services at the St. Malo field in Walker Ridge block 678 in the Gulf of Mexico.
Dec 20th, 2019
Historical And Planned Installations Of Subsea Flowlines And Cables
Delays loom for LNG, deepwater projects as bottlenecks restrain service industry
Floating production contractors, subsea installation players and fabricators of LNG facilities will all likely struggle to keep up with the surge in demand for their services, thus causing project schedules to slip, according to Rystad Energy.
Dec 19th, 2019
The Rockpiper fallpipe vessel.
Subsea gas link planned for western Denmark
The Danish Energinet Gas-TSO has plans for a new 4-km subsea gas pipeline from Jutland in western Denmark to the island of Funen.
Dec 17th, 2019
OneSubsea will supply the industry's first fully integrated subsea production system rated up to 20,000 psi for the deepwater Anchor field in the US Gulf of Mexico.
OneSubsea to provide production systems for Anchor
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. has commissioned OneSubsea to supply an integrated subsea production and multiphase boosting system for the Anchor field in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico.
Dec 12th, 2019
Phase 1 of Ærfugl involves drilling three wells on the southern part of the field, with three more added in the northern section under Phase 2.
Aker BP orders subsea kit for Ærfugl 2 offshore mid-Norway
Aker BP has awarded two of the main contracts for Phase 2 of the Ærfugl-Skarv subsea tieback 210 km (130 mi) west of Sandnessjøen in the Norwegian Sea.
Dec 12th, 2019
The company will use the Normand Ocean vessel.
Equinor retains DeepOcean for subsea IRM services
Equinor has contracted DeepOcean AS for subsea IRM services off Norway.
Dec 6th, 2019
Websiteimage Sunset
Equinor orders subsea cables for Empire Wind
Prysmian Group will supply the submarine inter-array cable system for Equinor’s Empire Wind project offshore New York.
Dec 5th, 2019
SubSLAM camera technology.
Rovco offers live streaming of subsea structures
Rovco has launched SubSLAM Live, a 3D streaming technology designed to allow users to video and live-stream 3D underwater point clouds to any device in the world.
Dec 4th, 2019
The near two-year campaign involved use of the saturation dive support vessel Rever Polaris.
Rever removes North Sea Dunlin subsea structures
Rever Offshore has completed decommissioning of the subsea infrastructure of the Greater Dunlin Area in the UK northern North Sea for Fairfield Energy.
Dec 4th, 2019
Umbilicals and flexible flowlines were installed using MDL’s Horizontal Lay System with an 85-metric ton (94-ton) tensioner plus work platform and a 400-metric ton (441-ton) reel drive system.
MDL pipelay spread deployed offshore Equatorial Guinea
Maritime Developments Ltd. has completed a subsea pipelay program for Ocean Installer offshore Equatorial Guinea.
Dec 3rd, 2019
The new cable laying vessel Aurora will install the two 120-km (75-mi) power umbilicals at the Ormen Lange gas field in 2023.
Nexans umbilicals to power Ormen Lange subsea compression
OneSubsea has contracted Nexans to design and supply two 120-km (75-mi) power umbilicals for a subsea multiphase compression system at Norske Shell’s Ormen Lange gas field in the Norwegian Sea.
Dec 2nd, 2019
Offshore operations at the Julimar field are scheduled for 2021 using the company’s reel-lay and heavy construction vessels.
Subsea 7 to lay Julimar pipelines offshore Australia
Woodside Energy has contracted Subsea 7 to perform offshore activities for Phase 2 of the Julimar-Brunello project.
Dec 2nd, 2019
Aptara compact tree.
Expanded subsea campus aims to propel deepwater technology
In June 2019, Baker Hughes launched its Subsea Centre of Excellence in Montrose on the northeast coast of Scotland.
Nov 26th, 2019