Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup project manager Kjetel Digre, who attended the ceremony with Stavanger Mayor Kristin Sagen Helgo, confirmed that work at all the construction sites is now under way and said that as much as one third of phase one construction has already been completed. “The project is on schedule,” he said.

Digre told Upstream that the 18,000-tonne jacket for the riser platform will be installed this summer.