By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Jan. 2 -- On behalf of license partners for Kristin field in the Norwegian Sea, operator Statoil ASA has issued letters of intent totaling 560 million kroner for pipelay and marine operations. Total investment in the Kristin development is estimated at 17 billion kroner ($1.9 billion)..
Allseas Marine Contractors SA was selected to install a 30 km dual gas export pipeline between the field's floating platform and the Åsgard transport gas trunkline. Work on the line will be carried out in spring 2004.
Coflexip Stena Offshore Ltd. (CSO) will install six flowlines totaling 39 km, which will tie four subsea templates back to the Kristin floating production platform, and it will lay a 23 km oil export line to connect with Statoil's Åsgard C storage vessel.
CSO's contract also includes the positioning of manifolds, umbilicals, service lines, and fiber-optic cables as well as all pipeline tie-ins.
Saipem SPA was awarded a contract to install the four templates next spring.
The work will be carried out largely in spring and summer 2004, with the remainder of the tie-ins to the platform due in 2005 when this installation is scheduled to arrive on site.
Statoil's partners in Kristin are Petoro (formerly state holdings group SDFI), Norsk Hydro AS, ExxonMobil Corp., Agip SPA, and TotalFinaElf SA.
Kristin field, scheduled to become operational Oct. 1, 2005, will deliver 35 billion cu m of gas until 2016 from 12 subsea wells. Its output of condensate and natural gas liquids is estimated at 220 million bbl and 8.5 million tonnes, respectively (OGJ Online, Oct. 15, 2002).
