Neptune Energy announced the load out of the 740-tonne topside module for the Nova brownfield project in the Norwegian North Sea.
The module was lifted onto a barge at the Rosenberg Worley yard in Stavanger and will be transferred to the crane vessel, Heerema’s Sleipnir, then installed on the Neptune-operated Gjøa platform.
Neptune has been leading the project on behalf of the Nova-operator, Wintershall Dea, which will provide additional gas and oil volumes and extend the operating life of Gjøa.
The module’s load-out completes the fabrication phase by Rosenberg Worley which began in November 2018.
The module will process the Nova field hydrocarbons and provide water injection facilities via the Gjøa platform. It is scheduled to be installed next month on Gjøa, the first floating production platform to be powered by hydroelectricity delivered via a submarine cable from the mainland, saving 200,000 tonnes of CO2 each year.
First gas is scheduled for 2021.
