Aker BP lets subsea contract for North Sea KEG field development

Aker BP has let a contract for Kobra East Gekko (KEG) field development in the Alvheim area of the North Sea to the subsea alliance of Aker Solutions, Subsea 7, and Aker BP.

Alvheim field (PL203) consists of the Kneler, Boa, Kameleon and East Kameleon structures, as well as the Viper-Kobra structures and Gekko discoveries and is also host to other developments in the area. Alvheim field lies in the central North Sea near the UK border.

The Kobra East and Gekko fields will be developed with a subsea tieback of 8 km to the Alvheim FPSO via the existing Kneler B subsea manifold. The selected concept has been designed with flexibility for further future subsea tie-back developments.

The work under the call-off awarded comprises engineering, procurement, fabrication, and installation of subsea facilities for the KEG project, including pipelines, umbilicals, subsea x-mas trees, structures, and subsea control modules. The production pipeline is a pipe-in-pipe design.

Total investments linked to these contracts are projected at 1.7 billion kroner, the operator said. Installation campaigns are scheduled to begin in second-quarter 2022 and to be completed first-quarter 2024.

Project management and engineering will begin immediately. The project as a whole is pending approval from authorities of the PDO submitted June 30, 2021.

Aker BP operates PL203. Partners are ConocoPhillips Scandinavia AS and Lundin Energy Norway AS.