Battle is on to scoop Mariner job for Statoil

By TAN HWEE HWEE and IAIN ESAU Singapore and London

 13 April 2012 01:36 GMT

A QUARTET of international contractors are set to do battle to engineer and build a 26,000-tonne topsides for Statoil’s multi-billion dollar Mariner ultra-heavy oil project in the UK North Sea.

Industry sources said three of the groups comprise Kvaerner working with Heerema Fabrication Group, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering with CB&I plus Samsung Heavy Industries partnering KBR.

Hyundai Heavy Industries is also chasing the contract to fabricate the production, drilling and quarters deck and it is understood to have joined forces with WorleyParsons.

At stake, is an order to build a major topsides designed to handle a massive 320,000 barrels per day of liquids, including 80,000 bpd of crude.

An initial meeting was held at the end of last month and the contenders are…

Become an Upstream member!

Membership includes a subscription to our weekly newspaper providing in-depth news from the energy industry, plus full-access to this site and its archives. Still not convinced? Try our free trial.

Already a member?

Login

Upstream share price index