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Wood wins new contract to provide FEED for Statoil refinery in Norway

Wood is delivering front-end engineering design (FEED) for Statoil’s Mongstad refinery near Bergen, Norway, as part of a new contract secured under an existing framework agreement. Effective immediately, the scope of the contract includes the design, engineering and analysis for modifications to reduce sulphur content in gasoline produced at the refinery. Wood’s in-country engineering teams...

Drydocks World signs key construction contract with SBM

Drydocks World the leading marine, onshore and offshore service provider to the oil, gas and renewable energy sectors has signed a contract agreement with SBM Offshore to carry-out the Construction of the Turret Mooring System (TMS) for Statoil’s Johan Castberg Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. The Johan Castberg FPSO will be permanently moored...

KBR Awarded Statoil’s Ground-Breaking Northern Lights Project

KBR, Inc.  has been awarded the Concept and FEED (front-end engineering design) contract by Statoil for their ground-breaking Northern Lights Project, to develop an onshore carbon dioxide (CO2) – a known greenhouse gas – storage terminal in Norway. The terminal is a key component of the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) demonstration project being undertaken...

Aker wins trio of umbilicals contracts for Statoil projects

Aker Solutions won a contract to provide umbilicals for the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup, Utgard and Bauge developments offshore Norway. The order entails delivery of more than 40 kilometers in total of subsea umbilicals. It will be booked in the fourth quarter. “By combining the delivery for three separate projects into one order, we are able...

KBR Awarded EPCM Services contract for JVGAS projects in Algeria

KBR, Inc.  announced it has been awarded an engineering and project management services contract by JVGAS – a joint venture of Sonatrach, Statoil and BP – for the provision of engineering, procurement and construction management services in Algeria. Under the terms of the contract KBR will provide detail design engineering, procurement services as well as...

Wood Group win FEED Statoil contract

Wood Group has been awarded a contract with Statoil to provide front end engineering design (FEED) to the subsea flowline system of the Snorre Expansion Project in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract will be delivered by Wood Group’s Stavanger, Norway office and follows on from the successful completion of a concept study for the...

Aker Solutions wins Mongstad pipleline upgrade

Aker Solutions won a contract from Statoil to build the pipeline facilities, modifications and tie-ins needed at the Mongstad terminal to receive oil from the North Sea Johan Sverdrup field. The contract, valued at about NOK 350 million, is for engineering, procurement, construction and installation services. The work will be completed in 2019. “We are...

Statoil drills world’s hottest geothermal well on Iceland

Statoil and partners in The Iceland Deep Drilling Project has just started to drill a geothermal research well on Iceland. The goal is to explore if high temperature water can be extracted from deep reservoirs for power production. In a long term perspective geothermal energy could be a renewable energy source with potential, thus Statoil...

Aker Solutions Secure EPCIC Statoil Contract

Aker Solutions will provide engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) services to enable a tie-in of the Utgard gas and condensate field to the Statoil-operated Sleipner facilities in the North Sea. The work, valued at about NOK 500 million, is for platform modifications at Sleipner to tie in the Utgard subsea field. Aker Solutions...

Peterson win Statoil Dudgeon offshore wind farm work

Leading international energy logistics provider Peterson has been awarded two long term contracts with Statoil to provide logistics support for the Dudgeon offshore wind farm located in the Southern North Sea. Peterson will work closely with the operator to deliver comprehensive logistics services including stevedoring, ship agency services, provisions delivery and transportation of personnel for...

Wood Group lands Peregrino contract

Wood Group has been awarded a multi million dollar contract to provide detailed engineering and design, and procurement services to South Atlantic Holding (owned by Statoil and partner Sinochem) for the development of the Peregrino field wellhead platform C, offshore Brazil. Wood Group Mustang will perform the work for Kiewit Offshore Services (KOS), a leading...

Wood Group awarded Statoil Services Agreement

Wood Group awarded Statoil Master Services Agreement. Wood Group has been awarded an evergreen master services agreement (MSA) by Statoil to support the life cycles of its offshore and onshore facilities. Work and services covered by the MSA include engineering studies, detailed engineering, procurement services and management assistance services. “This MSA reflects Wood Group’s strong...