Dvalin contracts awarded to Aker Solutions and Aibel

Photo courtesy of DEA group.

Aker Solutions has received a contract for the subsea production system for Dvalin and Aibel has been awarded a contract for modules and offshore integration at the Heidrun platform. In total the Dvalin licence will award contracts worth approximately $590 MM. Dvalin is DEA’s first operated field development project in Norway.

The 300 tons subsea template for Dvalin and the umbilical connected to Heidrun will be built by Aker Solutions.

The two new modules at the Heidrun platform, one 4,000-ton module for gas treatment and one 400-ton injection system, will be built by Aibel. These topside modifications for tie-in of Dvalin to Heidrun will be planned, executed and operated by Statoil.

In total 68% of the value creation at Dvalin will come from Norwegian suppliers, and it is estimated that the work will create over 6,000 man-years for the supplier industry.

Dvalin will be developed with a four wells subsea template, which is connected to the Heidrun platform. At Heidrun, the gas will be partly processed in a new module, before the gas is transported in a new export pipeline to Polarled, going to the Nyhamna onshore gas terminal. At Nyhamna, the gas will be processed and transported to the European market.

Recoverable reserves of the Dvalin field are estimated to around 18.2 Bcm gas and 0.4 MMcm of condensate. The field is located in PL435, blocks 6507/7/9 and 6507/8 in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 15 kilometers north west of Heidrun and 290 kilometers from Nyhamna in Mid-Norway.

DEA Norge is operator of licence PL435 with a 40% share. Partners are Edison (20%), Maersk (20%) and OMV (20%)1.

 

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