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The length of the ETH pipeline is a ION hires Shearwater for Wintershall Dea installs
significant technological achievement and
was developed and qualified through a North Sea seismic work Nova field risers
collaborative approach with TechnipFMC.
Due to the high wax content of the Fenja Shearwater GeoServices has announced a Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has
field’s oil, the contents of the pipeline must new 3D seismic acquisition award for ION completed the installation of the risers for the
be warmed up to a temperature above 28°C Geophysical’s UK Mid North Sea High Nova field development in the Norwegian
before starting the flow after a shut down. (MNSH) programme. North Sea, with development drilling set to
During normal production, the temperature The MNSH is one of the last remaining follow.
in the pipeline is well above this temperature. underexplored regions on the UK The Nova field is being developed as a
Stale Ryggvik, TechnipFMC’s Project Continental Shelf and a recent well subsea tie-back, connecting two templates
Director, added: “TechnipFMC is delighted confirmed one of the first new plays in recent to Neptune Energy’s Gjoa platform. Nova is
that the extensive qualification programme years. located about 120 km northwest of Bergen
for the ETH Pipe-in-Pipe for Fenja has been The vessel Amazon Warrior will spend and approximately 17 km southwest of the
successfully completed, and that the first section approximately one-and-a-half months Gjøa platform in the Norwegian North Sea.
of the pipe has been installed on the seabed. acquiring the initial phase of the MNSH 3D Wintershall Dea has a 28% interest in the Gjoa
“This technology step change has been survey in Q3 2020. license. The NOVA risers are now ready to
made possible by the extraordinary effort of The deal also provides Shearwater a connect the underwater pipelines to the Gjoa
TechnipFMC and excellent cooperation with commercial interest and revenue sharing platform. Most of the Nova subsea hardware is
Neptune Energy. It will unlock possibilities mechanism. now in place, Wintershall Dea said September
to develop future projects with difficult This survey is part of ION‘s larger 3. The risers tie two production pipelines, as
reservoir properties. We are looking forward program for acquisition in 2020-2021. well as a water injection and a gas lift pipeline,
to continuing the project and completing the The agreement also establishes a to the specially constructed Nova module that
installation in 2021.” framework for the use of Shearwater’s was installed on the host platform Gjoa in
The offshore installation was carried vessels for ION 3D multiclient projects with May 2020.
out by TechnipFMC’s vessel, Deep Energy, conditional links to potential upcoming Through the newly installed risers, Gjøa
approximately 120 km north of Kristiansund, projects. will provide injection water and lift gas to the
Norway, at a water depth of approximately Nova field and receive the hydrocarbon well
320 m.d. stream..

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