Statoil is considering using a dedicated jack-up rig designed to its own Category-J specifications in the later stages of the giant Johan Sverdrup field development off Norway, after previously ruling out jack-ups due to concerns about seabed conditions.
A heavy-duty jack-up rig was originally proposed for phase one of Johan Sverdrup, but in 2013 the Norwegian company cancelled a tender for a newbuild GustoMSC CJ70 design rig due to uncertainty about the seabed conditions.
Instead,
