The first steel has been cut for the Symra modifications project

Modifications will be made to the Ivar Aasen platform to accommodate the new Symra field which is in the development phase. The first steel components for the project have now been cut at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund.

“It is always an important milestone for a project when you go from drawings to actual production of steel components. We are very pleased to get started with the pre-fab work as planned”, says Magnus Holm-Gjerde, project manager for the developments on Utsira High.

The development project for Utsira High in the central part of the North Sea, consists of two separate tie-in projects. Symra will be connected to the Ivar Aasen platform, while Solveig Phase 2 will be connected to the Edvard Grieg platform.

Going forward Aibel in Haugesund will manufacture components for inventory before the start of installation work on the Ivar Aasen platform commences in April next year. These activities will continue in parallel until the start of production from the Symra field, and further during the installation of a new system for water injection.

The Utsira High projects comprise 93 million barrels of oil equivalent in estimated recoverable resources. Aker BP is the operator for both developments. License partners are Equinor and Sval in Symra and OMV and Wintershall Dea in Solveig.