Race against clock for Troll A repair

Output cut: Troll A

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By Steve Marshall and news reports

 07 February 2013 11:35 GMT

Bergen Group Rosenberg has been called upon by Statoil to carry out the emergency replacement of a broken compressor motor on the Troll A platform that has hit gas production from the field off Norway.

The Norwegian yard group said the contract would involve dismantling the existing motor and installing a new one on the platform, and would involve "complex fabrication, testing and installation activities over a very short period of time".

No value was disclosed for the deal, although Bergen Rosenberg chief executive Kristin Faerovik told Norwegian newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad it was worth “tens of millions of kroner”.

Production from Troll in the northern North Sea has been hit since 21 January as a result of the remedial work, with the loss of around 35 million cubic metres of daily gas output, and the earliest restart…

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