Engineering, procurement and construction order for Aibel

The contract has an estimated value of NOK 8 billion (US$1.04 billion). The contract will be managed from the company’s Oslo branch. The platform deck for the drilling platform will comprise three modules. Aibel is to build the largest module, the main support frame, at the company’s yard in Thailand. The drilling support module, which is the second largest section, will be built at the company’s yard in Haugesund. The final module, the drilling equipment set, will be built by partner Nymo in Grimstad. Work on combining the three modules will start in the autumn of 2017. This will take place at the company’s yard in Haugesund. The finished platform will be handed over to Statoil in the second quarter of 2018. Aibel estimates using almost 6,000 man-years on the Johan Sverdrup project, shared between the various departments.