Aker Solutions has secured a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract from VNG Norge for the Pil & Bue development, offshore Norway.
To remind, VNG initiated FEED-studies for the project located in the Norwegian Sea in February with a plan to pass the final investment decision (FID) by the end of the year.
The partners in the VNG-operated PL 586 license which holds the development are Spike Exploration, Faroe Petroleum, and Pure E&P Norway with 35%, 25%, and 15% interests, respectively.
The partnership decided on the preferred development solution for the Pil & Bue discoveries in November last year. The selected concept for the field development is a subsea tie-back to the Njord A platform.
Aker Solutions said on Monday that the FEED is for the subsea production system that will be used in a tieback of Pil & Bue to the Njord A platform.
The company also said that it will compete against a design from another company and the company with the winning design will in the fourth quarter of this year be awarded the engineering, procurement and construction contract for Pil & Bue.
“We are very pleased to work with VNG to optimize the subsea field architecture for this development,” said Svenn Ivar Fure , head of Aker Solutions’ front end delivery center.
“We look forward to demonstrating our capabilities and capacity to tie the Pil & Bue development back to the Njord platform.”
Offshore Energy Today Staff