The 22,000t topside for the new offshore platform for the Edvard Grieg field is ready for delivery, in line with the contract awarded three years ago. Hence, the project is an exceptional case with respect to avoiding costly delays or quality challenges. Lundin Norway is the operator of the field and ordered the topside as a complete EPC delivery from Kvaerner in 2012. In addition to delivering the topside as agreed, the project also had a high share of work performed in Norway.
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The modules for the topside will be towed to field and lifted in place on top of the steel jacket in three separate lifts. Kvaerner will assist Lundin with offshore hook up and completion during the summer and into the fall. The construction phase now being completed started 3 May 2012 when Lundin Norway signed a letter of intent of around EUR 0.95B with Kvaerner for the complete EPC delivery of the Edvard Grieg platform topside. In addition, Kvaerner was awarded the contract to assist Lundin in preparing the platform for production when both the steel substructure, as well as all parts of the topside has been installed at the field.
Kvaerner has also delivered the steel jacket substructure for the Edvard Grieg platform under a separate EPC contract. The 14,500t structure was delivered as agreed in the spring of 2014 from Kvaerner’s specialised facilities for steel jackets in Verdal, Norway.
