Vår Energi AS awarded an EPCI contract to Rosenberg Worley AS
Vår Energi AS has awarded an EPCI (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation) contract to Rosenberg Worley AS in Stavanger, Norway, the company said in its release. The contract encompasses the lifetime extension of the Jotun floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), enabling oil and gas production from the Balder field until 2045. A large proportion of the contract value is expected to be provided by local providers and will benefit the supplier industry in the region.
Rosenberg Worley will perform engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning as part of the FPSO life extension program and started planning activities in May this year. The planning phase is in coordination with the ongoing FEED work being performed by Aker Solutions which started in December 2018. Aker Solutions will continue to provide engineering services during the execution phase.
The plan is to transport the Jotun FPSO to the Rosenberg Worley yard in Stavanger in spring 2020 for an estimated 15 month long yard-stay. When the life time extension scope of work is completed, the FPSO will be moved offshore for installation at the Balder Field.
The redevelopment of the Vår Energi-operated North Sea fields Balder and Ringhorne entails other major project activities such as extending the life of the Balder FPSO to 2030; drilling of 15 new production wells in the Balder field area and 11 new production wells in the Ringhorne field area. These activities will take place while ordinary production continues at the Balder and Ringhorne fields.
Vår Energi AS has reserves and resources of more than 1 250 million barrels of oil equivalent (Mboe), targeting development of about 500 Mboe during the next five year period. Continued development of proven and additional mapped resources in the Balder and Ringhorne fields are key components of this growth plan. In addition, there is potential to further increase the reserves in the area through an exploration program that is planned to start in 2020.