Statoil (U.K.) awarded the helicopter transportation contract for the Mariner field to CHC Helicopter in the UK. The contract calls for CHC to operate two Sikorsky S-92 aircraft on behalf of Statoil. The helicopters will fly from Aberdeen or Sumburgh on the Shetland Isles to the Statoil-operated Mariner field, 250km off the north-eastern coast of Scotland.
The contract has a duration of five years, plus an extension option for up to three years. The service is anticipated to begin in mid-2016.
“We will have substantial offshore activity as the Mariner project enters the hook-up and commissioning phase in 2016 and production starts in 2017. We are also pleased with the flexibility in the contract”, noted Gunnar Breivik, managing director of Statoil Production UK and head of the Aberdeen office.
CHC Helicopter’s regional director, Mark Abbey, said the award recognises the safe and reliable service that CHC has provided to Statoil over a number of years, from a number of locations around the world. “We’re proud to partner with Statoil as they start up operations in the UK sector. Our pilots, engineers and support teams will be using their extensive experience of the North Sea environment to help Statoil to go further, do more in the Mariner field and come home safely.”
