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three to six times Romania’s annual gas be the second of its kind at the field center, Norwegian output tops
consumption. will make for a total of five platforms when the
development is completed. forecasts in May
Heerema said that the inshore mating of the
TurkStream gas flow to be P2 topside included integrating three modules Norway’s oil and gas production exceeded
weighing 13,500 tonnes, 5,400 tonnes, and
official expectations in May, preliminary data
suspended for 7 days due to 4,300 tonnes. from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate
(NPD) showed on June 18.
“This successful operation was the result
maintenance of close cooperation between Heerema, client to 1.654mn barrels per day in May, while the
Crude oil output declined 4.2% from April
Aibel, and operator Equinor. The modules were
The natural gas flow through both offshore built in Thailand, Spain, and Norway and are NPD’s forecast for the month had stood at
lines of the TurkStream pipeline will be Aibel’s largest project ever. Now that the lifting 1.59mn bps.
temporarily halted from June 22 until June operations are complete, the topside has been Norway’s output of natural gas in April
29 for annual maintenance and routine towed by Heerema’s Kolga to Aibel’s yard in totaled 8.7bn cubic meters (bcm), above the
diagnostics, project company TurkStream Haugesund,” Heerema said. NPD’s forecast of 8.49 bcm.
has announced. “Thereafter, on behalf of client Equinor,
The works will be carried out by South Sleipnir lifted the 12,050 metric ton P2 jacket,
Stream Transport B.V., the operator of the which is the heaviest jacket in the world so far Preem’s refinery in
offshore pipeline system. to be lifted directly from the transportation
TurkStream consists of two barge. This installation method made it possible Lysekil begins producing
930-kilometre-long offshore lines to reduce the jacket weight considerably,
stretching from Russia to Turkey across the compared to a more traditional launch jacket, renewable petrol
Black Sea, and two separate onshore lines resulting in significant fabrication cost savings,”
with lengths of 142 km and 70 km. the company said. Extensive tests have now begun in Lysekil
Each pipeline has an annual capacity of ‘We are proud to play a part in Equinor’s on the catalytic cracker, one of the refinery’s
15.75bn cubic metres (bcm). Johan Sverdrup P2 development, and to largest plants, which primarily produces
The first line is designated for supplies achieve two new lifting records in the process petrol.
to Turkey’s domestic customers, while the is always special. Both projects were successful The test consists of two parts, an initial
second line carries gas further afield in due to the close cooperation with our clients, smaller batch of 300 tons of pyrolysis oil,
Europe via Bulgaria. and we look forward to returning to the Johan followed by a longer test operation that will
Sverdrup field later this year’ says Michel process up to 50,000 tons of pyrolysis oil for
Hendriks, Heerema’s Transport and Installation two years. The raw material will be delivered
Heerema sets new record Director. from Pyrocell’s new facility in Gävle. Pyrocell
is jointly owned by Preem and Setra. At the
Equinor, the operator of the Johan Sverdrup
in jacket installation field recently upgraded output expectations, plant, which will be ready during the autumn,
with full field gross production capacity of
sawdust will be processed into pyrolysis oil.
installation at Johan 755,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) expected The oil will then be further refined at Preem’s
once Phase 2 is on stream. Phase 2 remains on
refinery in Lysekil.
Sverdrup schedule for first oil in the fourth quarter 2022. forests have a unique potential to make
“Residual products from our Swedish

Dutch offshore installation firm Heerema Sweden self-sufficient in an increasing share of
Marine Contractors said Wednesday its heavy UK union plans strike at oil liquid renewable fuels in the long run instead
lift vessel Sleipnir had broken records on the of importing 85 percent, as we do today. This
Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 development project and gas terminal is an exciting step in our work to develop the
in Norway. fuel of the future,” says Peter Abrahamsson,
“On June 18, Sleipnir successfully installed UK’s Unite union’s Scotland unit on June Head of Sustainable Development.
the 12,050 metric ton Johan Sverdrup 22 said talks to prevent industrial action at At the beginning of 2022, the statutory
processing platform (P2) jacket, setting a new Sullom Voe Terminal have ended with no mixing requirement for renewables in petrol,
record for the heaviest lift jacket installation. movement on the part of Shetland Islands the so-called reduction obligation, for Sweden
“This lift comes after the inshore integration Council (SIC) to resolve the dispute over a will almost double compared with today. By
of the three P2 topside modules on behalf of long service award. 2030, carbon dioxide emissions from petrol
client Aibel at the GMC yard in Gismarvik in Unless the Council accepts liability, around will have decreased by 28 percent.
May. This mating process included the heaviest 40 towage workers employed by SIC are set to “This means that Preem’s production of
crane lift in Norwegian waters, with the MSF begin an overtime ban on July 5, which will renewable petrol is an important piece of the
module weighing a massive 13,600 metric continue over a seven-week period, the union puzzle that Sweden must solve to achieve
tons,” Heerema Marine Contractors said. said. the climate goals. Our long-term goal is to
Johan Sverdrup is the biggest field The ban would hugely disrupt the multi- produce approximately 5 million cubic meters
development on the Norwegian continental million-pound contract to bring oil tankers of renewable fuels by 2030, which means that
shelf since the 1980s. The Johan Sverdrup on to the shore for oil processing and also on we can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by
Phase 2 development will capture the full production for the Brent and Ninian fields, it 12.5 million tons, corresponding to 20 percent
potential of the giant Johan Sverdrup oil field added. of Sweden’s total emissions,” concludes Peter
on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Abrahamsson.
The new processing platform, which will

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