Global Maritime wins Njord Field contract with Equinor

Stavanger-based Global Maritime has won a contract with Equinor worth an estimated Nkr60-80M (US$7-10M).

The contract covers further work on Equinor’s Njord Field and will see Global Maritime overseeing project management, engineering, equipment procurement and offshore management.

Work scheduled for 2019 includes pre-installing 15 mooring lines for the Njord A and Njord B platforms including 10 suction anchors; reconnecting the Njord B submerged turret loading (STL) buoy and mooring; lifting and supporting seven flowlines at Njord A; and recovering a complete mooring line at Njord A including the suction anchor.

The contract also covers towing and reconnecting both Njord A and Njord B in 2020. Equinor, formerly known as Statoil, has chartered the newbuild deepwater installation vessel Island Victory for Global Maritime’s use in the 2019 campaign.

Island Offshore’s Island Victory is an AHTS/deepwater installation vessel built by Vard to a Rolls-Royce UT 797 CX design. It measures 123.4 m in length by 25 m in width and has a dwt of 6,000.

Global Maritime worked with Equinor on the Njord Future Marine project from 2015-2017. The scope of work included disconnecting and towing Njord B and Njord A and included a contract extension for recovering the Njord B STL system, the power cable between Nord A and Njord B and lifting and supporting seven risers at Njord A.