With the doling out of a new drilling platform contract, Norwegian energy company Statoil said development for the giant Johan Sverdrup field is moving swiftly. For an undisclosed sum, Statoil, acting on behalf of the project consortium, awarded a contract to engineering and construction company Kvaerner Verdal to deliver steel infrastructure needed for the drilling platform at the Johan Sverdrup field. A Norwegian metal worker in late June started cutting steel for the jacket, the tower support structure, for a riser platform used for Johan Sverdrup. Delivery and installation for the jacket for the drilling platform is slated for early 2018. “The Johan Sverdrup project activity will rise considerably in the time ahead as we take new steps in the development,” Kjetel Digre, […]