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was approved back in 2002. The development in this important part of safeguarding both explained in a statement on September 15.
includes several subsea templates. Two well the travel of our colleagues and the supply of Equinor is the operator of the Krafla
slots are used for CO2 injection. Production offshore gas”. licence and Aker BP is the operator of the
started in 2007. CHC EMEA Regional Director, Mark NOA and the Fulla licences.
Snohvit is the first petroleum Abbey, said: “We are delighted to continue In close cooperation with Equinor, Aibel’s
development in the Barents Sea and the partnering with Neptune to execute their focus will be to ensure reliable and robust
first major development on the Norwegian service safely and with outstanding efficiency design for minimal maintenance needs,
continental shelf where the entire offshore and levels of customer service”. simplification of systems and functions on
production facility is located on the seabed, the platform, as well as automation and
at a depth of between 250 and 345 metres. digitisation.
In a separate announcement, PSA stated Petrofac secures 5-year Here, Aibel will make use of experience
that it gave Equinor a consent to use the West from the previous Krafla and Peon concept
Hercules rig for the drilling of the 7120/7-U- deal with Ithaca studies and the expertise the company has
1 well on Askeladd. gained from unmanned platform concepts
According to the offshore safety body, Ithaca Energy has signed a five-year integrated in general, both in oil and gas and within
the consent applies to the drilling of an services contract with oilfield services offshore wind.
exploration well more than 200 metres below provider Petrofac. The study is carried out in the Concept
the seabed. In the new five-year deal, Petrofac & Studies group in Asker and is already
The West Hercules, which is owned and will integrate operations, maintenance, underway. The first phase will last until
operated by Seadrill, is a 6th-generation engineering, construction, and onshore and December 2020..
semi-submersible drilling rig built in 2008 at offshore technical support across Ithaca’s
Daewoo Shipyard, South Korea. North Sea operated asset base.
Petrofac said on September 15 that Zeebrugge delivers first LNG
the contract extends its existing working
Neptune extends contract relationship with Ithaca, as well as the cargo via rail
duration and breadth of services it provides
for helicopters for the Alba, Captain, Erskine and FPF- Fluxys Belgium, the operator of the Zeebrugge
LNG terminal, marked a new milestone at the
1 assets, building on the operations,
Neptune Energy has extended its contract engineering and support services it has been facility.
with CHC Helicopters, covering the Dutch providing since 2011. The company noted the first customer,
sector of the North Sea, for further two years. Having expanded its in-house capabilities, Prima LNG, loaded an LNG container at the
CHC will continue to conduct all Ithaca will assume Safety Case responsibility facility for rail transport from the Zeebrugge
helicopter flight transfers for personnel to for the FPF1 asset, whilst Petrofac continues port.
and from Neptune’s 29 offshore platforms in to provide all services and 96 offshore Fluxys Belgium said this widens the
the Dutch sector, Neptune said on September team members for the asset under the new destination flexibility of volumes provided by
16. contract. the facility.
From its base at Den Helder Airport, In a separate statement on September The Zeebrugge LNG terminal cooperated
CHC conducts approximately 3,500 flight 15, Ithaca said that, in conjunction with with several partners to combine services
hours each year for Neptune’s Dutch offshore the implementation of the new services available in the port into an intermodal
teams. contract, it has made the strategic decision to logistics chain.
CHC also provides helicopter transport become “duty holder” for the FPF-1 floating Intermodal LNG transport is a
services for Neptune’s offshore teams in the production facility. proposition with several advantages, Fluxys
UK, travelling to and from the Neptune- The FPF-1 is located in Block 30/6a and said.
operated Cygnus platform in the Southern serves the Ithaca-operated Greater Stella It reduces emissions of greenhouse gases
North Sea. Area production hub.. and air pollutants while being more cost-
Lex de Groot, Managing Director of efficient and reaching new destinations
Neptune Energy in the Netherlands, said: across Europe.
“Offshore gas supply is vital for the Dutch Equinor picks Aibel for The port of Zeebrugge has particularly
economy. As the largest offshore gas good connections with the four major
producer in the Netherlands, a great number Krafla engineering study rail hubs in Europe: Antwerp, Cologne,
of CHC’s flights have our colleagues on Rotterdam and Dourges. From there, LNG
board. They commute via helicopter to their Oil and gas services company Aibel has containers can be further dispatched across
work and back home and it is, therefore, been awarded a field engineering, concept Europe.
crucial to be able to provide the highest optimisation, and definition study for
standards of safety and service for their Equinor’s unmanned process platform at the
transport“. Krafla field located off Norway.
He added: “Improvements in efficiency The study’s main objective is to further
can reduce the time, costs and CO2 mature the concept with tie-in to the Aker
emissions associated with offshore travel. BP-operated host platform located in
Working with CHC, we can be more efficient the NOA area (North of Alvheim), Aibel

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