4/22/2024 0 Comments Draugen oil platform constructionThe company develops, owns and operates a group of floating MOWUs, with the main purpose of supplying power to consumers who are “off-grid” or “microgrid”. Odfjell Oceanwind was created after Odfjell Drilling acquired a controlling stake in Oceanwind last year. The next step for Odfjell Oceanwind, OKEA and Trønder Energi is to conduct early technical, economic and regulatory assessments, and study the potential impact on the environment and climate, and then, according to the three partners, continue to advance the project. A floating wind farm may be added to the development. In July 2021, OKEA and its partners Petoro and NeptuneEnergyNorge decided to develop Hasselmus gas discovery offshore Norway as a subsea connection to the Draugen platform, and subsequently signed a contract with AkerSolutions to modify the platform to allow processing of natural gas from the Hasselmus discovery. Two pipelines connect the facility to the floating loading buoy. Stabilized oil is stored in storage tanks at the bottom of the facility. The oil field has been developed and has concrete fixed facilities and integrated upper parts, as well as platforms and subsea wells. The Draugen oil field in the Norwegian Sea was operated by Shell until it was sold to OKEA in 2018. Odfjell Oceanwind is also considering using a potential wind farm as a flexible storage location for its mobile offshore wind power unit (MOWU) to produce renewable energy for off-grid applications during the contract period. The project’s floating wind turbines will provide renewable energy to the Draugen platform and utilize Draugen’s infrastructure, including planned shore power. The work will commence immediately and is planned to be completed in 2014.Norwegian floating wind technology developer Odfjell Oceanwind, exploration and production (E&P) company OKEA and utility company Trønder Energi have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly assess the potential for developing floating offshore wind farms that will be connected to the Draugen platform. Ocean Installer will execute project management and engineering from its headquarters in Stavanger, whilst the advanced offshore construction vessels Normand Mermaid and Normand Clipper will constitute the core of the offshore activities. This means, amongst others, the responsibility for the design, procurement and installation of 18,5km oil production and gas lift flexible flowlines and the installation of 21km of umbilical, including pull in to the Draugen platform. Ocean Installer will be responsible for all aspects of the project, from planning, to final installation. The contract covers expansion and enhancement of the subsea infrastructure into the Draugen Field, where Norske Shell are drilling infill-wells to enhance oil recovery. The contract was awarded in competition with the major global subsea construction companies and is estimated to be one of the largest construction contract, excluding rigid pipe-lay, awarded in the North Sea in 2012. The contract is a major achievement for Ocean Installer, bringing the company from a start-up to a tier 1 player in the subsea construction market. Norske Shell announced on 30 March 2012 that they have signed a Letter of Intent with Ocean Installer for a contract of NOK 850 million ($150 million) for the development of the Draugen field.
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