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Equinor uses Nexans umbilical
technology for project in the
Barents Sea
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T
he Snøhvit gas field in the Barents
Sea is the largest ever industrial
project in north Norway. It is
now entering part two of its multi-phase
development plan with Equinor and its
partners, investing over half a billion euros
in the Askeladd development which will
provide feedstock for the onshore LNG
(liquified natural gas) plant at Melkøya in
Hammerfest. To support the development,
Equinor has awarded a major contract
to Nexans to design, manufacture and
supply a total of 42 km of static infield and
interfield umbilicals to control the subsea
production systems.
The Askeladd development, at a water depth
of about 250 metres, will supply 21 billion
cubic metres of gas and two million cubic
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metres of condensate to the Hammerfest
LNG plant, with production scheduled
to come on stream towards the end of
2020. It will tie-in to the existing Snøhvit
field infrastructure which features Nexans’
umbilicals installed in previous projects –
including a 145 km umbilical that is still the
longest umbilical in the world.
For the Askeladd development, Nexans
will provide static subsea umbilicals with a
complex cross-section comprising 3 kilovolt
(kV) power, fibre optic communications and
hydraulic elements for chemical injection,
together with a range of connection and
termination accessories.
The electrical and fibre optic elements will
be manufactured at the Nexans Norway
facility in Rognan, north Norway, with its
250 skilled and experienced employees.
The contract would also involve over 50
local subcontractors and vendors. The
complete umbilical system will be developed,
manufactured and tested at Nexans Norway
facility in Halden, Norway.
Vincent Dessale, Nexans Senior Executive Vice
President Subsea and Land Systems Business
Group, said: “Equinor’s Snøhvit development
is a perfect example of how advanced
technology can enable the effective operation
of subsea gas fields with no need for surface
installations. We are therefore delighted to
further extend our involvement in this ground-
breaking project by winning this major contract
to provide the complex umbilicals required for
the new Askeladd development.” n
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