Aker Picks Up Skarv Satellite Job
Norwegian contractor Aker Solutions said December 11 it has been awarded a contract by Aker BP to provide the subsea production system for phase one of the Aerfugl gas development in the Norwegian Sea.
Aker BP said last month it had chosen Aerfugl (or Ærfugl) as the new name for Snadd, the 60-km long gas and condensate field just west of the Skarv field.
The award was made on behalf of Skarv Unit and is subject to government approval of the plan for development and operation (PDO) of Aerfugl, the Norwegian name for an eider duck.
Aerfulg will be connected back to the Aker BP-operated Skarv floating production, storage and offloading vessel (shown above, photo courtesy of BP). Aerflug's subsea system will include wellheads, vertical subsea trees, a tie-in module and an umbilical riser base; the contract includes an option for Aerfugl phase 2. Work will start immediately at Aker Solutions facilities in Norway, Malaysia and the UK.
Aerfugl phase one includes three production wells and is scheduled to start production 4Q 2020. Parties agreed to not disclose the value of the contract to Aker Solutions to be booked in its 4Q 2017 orders.
Licensees in 'Skarv Unit' – which includes the Skarv, Aerflug and Idun fields – are Aker BP as operator 23.835%, Statoil 36.165%, Russian-owned DEA 28.0825% and Polish state-run PGNiG 11.9175%; the latter is hoping to flow more of its future gas to Poland. Aker BP itself is jointly owned by Aker group 40%, BP 30%, and other shareholders including free float 30%.
Skarv began production on December 31 2012 and last year it produced 4.05bn m3 sales gas and 2.3mn m3 of oil; so far in 2017 it has produced nearly 3.2bn m3 sales gas and 1.3mn m3 oil.
Ærfugl, meaning eider, is the new name for the Snadd gas condensate field (Photo credit: Aker BP)