Photos: 28,100-ton Johan Sverdrup Processing Platform Departs South Korea Aboard World’s Largest Heavy Lift Vessel
The 28,100-ton topside for the Johan Sverdrup handling system has actually left the Samsung Heavy Industries in Geoje, South Korea bound aboard the Boskalis Vanguard, the globe’s biggest heavy-transport vessel.
The topside, which is completely constructed and also examined, will certainly manage the handling and also refining of all oil and also gas from the initial stage of Johan Sverdrup area offshoreNorway
Aker Solutions has actually been in charge of design and also purchase monitoring for both topsides, while Samsung Heavy Industries has actually been in charge of building and construction of the riser system and also currently the handling system for the Johan Sverdrup area.
Equinor states the building and construction of the topside was finished in a timely manner, listed below budget plan and also without significant occurrences.
“The Johan Sverdrup project has been on a formidable improvement journey the last few years, mostly thanks to high quality in the execution phase. This has also been a defining characteristic of the delivery of the processing topside currently en route from South Korea to Norway,” states Trond Bokn, elderly vice head of state for the Johan Sverdrup growth.
Aker Solutions has actually been in charge of design and also purchase monitoring for both topsides, while Samsung Heavy Industries has actually been in charge of building and construction of the riser system and also currently the handling system for the Johan Sverdrup area.
The topside is currently cruising for the Kv ærner backyard in Stord, Norway where 2 pedestal cranes will certainly be placed, and also additionally prep work will certainly be made, prior to it is to be raised right into placement at the Johan Sverdrup area in one solitary lift by the Pioneering Spirit vessel in the springtime of 2019.
The handling topside, determining 139 meters long, 69 meters broad, and also 72 meters high, will certainly be the 3rd topside to be mounted at the Johan Sverdrup area, and also the 2nd to be raised in position with the specialized hefty lift vesselPioneering Spirit In complete, the initial stage of Johan Sverdrup growth will certainly be comprised of 4 systems: the riser system (RP) and also the exploration system (DP), mounted in 2018, and also the Utility and also Living Quarter (ULQ) which along with the handling system will certainly be mounted throughout springtime 2019.
The handling system has capability for 440,000 barrels of oil daily. In the 2nd stage of Johan Sverdrup the area centre will certainly be prolonged with an additional handling system (P2) with capability for an added 220,000 barrels of oil daily.
Production at the Johan Sverdrup area is anticipated to begin in November 2019 for the initial stage, and also Q4 2022 for the 2nd stage.
