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its contract for the Deepsea Yantai in billion barrels of oil, it is Norway’s third- The field was shut down in May
January. largest oil producer of all time, following 2018. According to the formal disposal
Statfjord and Ekofisk. Since production resolution, decommissioning is expected to
started in 1988, the Oseberg field has be completed by the end of 2022.
Vysus wins work on generated an estimated revenue of more Dolphin semi-sub rig for the plugging of
DNO will be using the Borgland
than $95.4bn.
Oseberg field from Aibel field centre to markets in the UK and the these wells under a contract awarded in
The gas is exported from the Oseberg
early November 2020.
Global engineering and technology Continent. Oil and condensate are piped to Under the contract, the work was
consultancy Vysus Group, formerly known as the Sture terminal in Øygarden, north of confirmed for one exploration well plus
Lloyd’s Register Energy, has secured a contract Bergen. plug and abandonment activity on three
with Aibel for work on Equinor’s Oseberg Production from the first unmanned wells on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
field centre. wellhead platform on the Norwegian The Borgland Dolphin is a semi-
Vysus said that the scope would see the continental shelf, Oseberg H, started in the submersible drilling rig built in 1977 by
company perform various safety studies, autumn of 2018. Harland & Wolff. The rig received major
from hazard identification studies to upgrades back in 1998/1999.
carrying out consequence modelling and
quantitative risk analysis. DNO gets nod to plug North
The project is designed to maximise gas NProsafe’s Safe Boreas
exports via low-pressure production while Sea wells with Dolphin rig
minimising CO2 emissions from what is Secures Work at Buzzard
an energy-intensive process. The work Norwegian offshore safety watchdog, the
carried out by Vysus Group represents one Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has Offshore accommodation rig owner Prosafe
of several key elements in the front-end given DNO Norge consent for the use of reports it has won a contract for one if its
engineering and design for the Oseberg the Borgland Dolphin rig for a permanent units in the U.K. sector of the North Sea.
OGP project. plugging of wells on a field offshore Norway. The Safe Boreas will provide gangway
Remi Martini, principal risk The safety watchdog said on February connected operations supporting the
management consultant at Vysus, said: “We 26 that the consent is for the permanent Buzzard platform complex from mid-
are pleased to continue our longstanding, plugging of wells A-1 H, A-2 H, and A-3 April 2021, under a charter with CNOOC
global relationship with Aibel for risk HT2 on the Oselvar field. Petroleum Europe Limited. The firm
management consultancy services. It is The field is located in production duration of the contract is 100 days with
worth noting that Vysus Group has been licence 274 in the North Sea. three 30-day options, Olso-listed Prosafe
involved with the project since the concept DNO is the operator of the said.
stage. production licence with a 55% interest Total value of the deal, excluding the
“The work being carried out by Vysus and CapeOmega is its partner with the option periods, is approximately $8.5mn.
Group at the field is crucial to these types remaining 45% interest. Safe Boreas is a DP3 semi-submersible
of large modifications, which require Oselvar is a field in the southern part of accommodation unit with 450 beds and a a
approval by the relevant petroleum the Norwegian sector in the North Sea, 20 12-point wire mooring arrangement. It was
authorities”. kilometres southwest of the Ula field. The built at Singapore’s Jurong Shipyard to the
To remind, Equinor awarded compatriot water depth is 70 m. GVA 3000E design and delivered in 2015.
Aibel a portfolio agreement for the It was discovered in 1991 and the plan The rig has been deployed previously
Oseberg fields for the period 2020-2026. for development and operation (PDO) was for projects on both the Norwegian and
Equinor said back in July 2020 that approved in 2009. U.K. continental shelves.
the portfolio agreement aimed to ensure The development concept was a subsea
a holistic approach to the planning and template with three horizontal production
execution of projects at the Oseberg fields. wells tied to Ula. Production started in
As for Oseberg, having sold around 2.9 2012.

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