The Norwegian contractor earlier this year lost out to Dutch rival Heerema Fabrication Group on the Nkr800 million ($96.3 million) award for a simplified, unmanned wellhead platform to tap satellite field Oseberg Vestflanken 2, despite being a hot contender for the contract.
Statoil is now looking at a similar concept as one alternative, along with a subsea tieback, for development of phase two of Johan Sverdrup that would also see an additional processing platform installed.
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