Statoil announced more contracts were rolling out for the Johan Sverdrup oil field offshore Norway ahead of the 2019 start of production. Statoil, working on behalf of the consortium managing the Johan Sverdrup oil field, awarded Norwegian contractor Aibel with a $74 million contract to lay electricity cables from the shore for field development. “Aibel has already been awarded the contract for construction of the deck for the drilling platform on Johan Sverdrup,” the Norwegian company said in a statement. “This contract is the last of the three major contracts covering the land-based power supply project.” Statoil and its partners at Johan Sverdrup, Maersk Oil and Lundin Petroleum, in early 2014 outlined the development plan for the field using multiple phases. The company said […]