Aker BP installed a jacket at Hod B and will receive topsides later this summer in anticipation of production start-up in first-quarter 2022.
The platform is scheduled to sail from the Verdal yard in August. Work is under way to plan remaining activities to complete the project. Multiple subsea campaigns will be conducted to install and connect the gas lift pipe, production flowline, and umbilical. Integration work is under way on Valhall, and the Maersk Invincible drilling rig will start drilling production wells this autumn (OGJ Online, Dec. 8, 2020).
The fixed facilities alliance between Aker BP, Aker Solutions, and ABB is delivering the platform. Both the jacket and topsides are being built at Aker Solutions in Verdal.
Hod field is in Block 2/11 in the southern part of the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, about 12 km south of Valhall and 6 km south of the Valhall Flank South platform. It will be developed with a normally unmanned installation which will be remotely operated from shore by the Valhall field center, resulting in low CO2 emissions from the field. It is expected to produce 40 MMboe of Valhall’s planned 2 billion bbl produced from the area.
Aker BP is the operator at Hod B (90%) with partner Pandion Energy (10%).
