The engineering outfit will perform rigless recovery work on seven abandoned wells on the Huldra platform, beginning in December.

The contract, the value of which was not disclosed, is due to take 21 days to complete.

Claxton will provide the full scope of decommissioning work, including project planning, severance, and full multiple string recovery.

In a separate deal, Statoil signed a two-year frame agreement with compatriot Fluenta to be the preferred supplier of flare gas metres.