The steel-cutting ceremony took place at Heerema's Zwijndrecht yard in the Netherlands after the Norwegian authorities approved the state-owned operator's development plan for the satellite field in the North Sea last week.

The Dutch contractor secured the coveted Nkr800 million ($96.6 million) engineering, procurement and construction contract for the so-called ‘subsea-on-a-stick’ facility earlier this year ahead of Norwegian rival Kvaerner, which was seen as favourite for the award after carrying out study work.

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