Proserv wins £1.6m contract for Johan Sverdrup work

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Proserv wins £1.6m contract for Johan Sverdrup work

Leading energy services company Proserv has won a contract with a value of more than 20 million NOK (approx. £1.6 million) to provide topside control equipment at one of the largest field discoveries on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

The agreement will see Proserv supplying Aibel, on behalf of Statoil, with a hydraulic power unit (HPU) and three chemical injection panels to be used on the prestigious Johan Sverdrup development’s drilling platform.

To deliver the products, Proserv will make the most of its international network with staff at Proserv’s base in Norway working in collaboration with their Dubai colleagues.

Henrik Johnson, Proserv’s regional president for Scandinavia, said: ‘To be involved with such a high-profile development is a major endorsement of Proserv’s capabilities. Our global footprint and reputation for working effectively across the company’s international operations, combined with our track record of developing existing technologies that can co-exist together and be retrofitted, played a key role in securing this contract.

‘As a result, this ensures innovative and cost-effective solutions to clients while this latest contract also further secures jobs in what is a testing time for the oil & gas industry as a whole.’

The work is due for completion by June 2016 and the HPU will be delivered with remote controlled cleaning system for hydraulic oil.

Proserv’s chemical injection panels will service a total of 80 injection lines. The panels allow for each line to be remotely operated and monitored for flowrate and pressure.

Source: www.oilvoice.com

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