Schneider
Electric
has
successfully
qualified
power
equipment
for
Statoil’s
Aasgard
subsea
gas
compression
project
off
Norway.
The
French
contractor’s
controls
power
distribution
unit
has
now
passed
the
stringent
technology
qualification
tests
for
the
giant
subsea
facility
being
developed
by
Aker
Solutions
under
a
Nkr3.4
billion
($590
million)
contract
with
the
Norwegian
state
oil
company.
The
equipment
was
subjected
to
shock,
vibration
and
temperature
testing
to
pass
the
ISO
standard
for
subsea
production
systems
and
qualification
means
fabrication
of
the
unit
can
now
be
started.
The
compression
facility
–almost
the
size
of
a
soccer
field
-
is
due
to
be
deployed
on
the
seabed
in
2015…
