Aker Kvaerner awarded subsea booster for Tyrihans

Statoil has signed a letter of intent with Aker Kvaerner to deliver a subsea seawater injection system for the Tyrihans project in the Norwegian Sea. The new generation pumps are expected to increase oil production from the Tyrihans field by 10%. The subsea pumps will be the world’s largest and installed at longest stepout. Aker Kvaerner’s contract value will be approximately NOK 200 million. Aker Kvaerner Subsea will supply two subsea injection pumps to be installed more than 40 kilometres from the Kristin platform where the oil and gas will be processed. The pumps will feature Aker Kvaerner’s own LiquidBoosterTM technology and will inject raw sea water for pressure support and stabilisation of the oil zone.