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Norwell Engineering secures £20m contract for major deepwater development in India KG-DWN-98/2 deep water field development in the Bay of Bengal, off the east coast of India. The field is one of the largest deep-water field developments in the world.
Aberdeen based global well engineering and drilling project management firm Norwell Engineering has won a lucrative contract worth more than £20m ($30m) with ONGC, India’s national oil company. The firm, which is one of the world’s longest established and most respected well management companies in the world, will provide well engineering, completion design and project management services to ONGC on its
The contract represents a continuation of the work Norwell has previously undertaken on the 28-well development. They were initially awarded a contract in 2018 to design and drill the wells and will now continue with the second phase, overseeing the final drilling and completions installation phase on the 3-rig campaign. Iain Adams, managing director of Norwell Engineering, said: “Norwell has a longstanding commitment to operations in India and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership with ONGC on this major project and seeing the project through to first oil. This is a complex field development which utilises some of the most advanced oil field technologies in drilling and completions.
“Despite the far-reaching impact of the pandemic, we are proud to have been able to continue supporting ONGC without interruption, thanks to our excellent team who stepped up to ensure they could safely keep the project on track.” The Norwell team will be working alongside long time Scottish partners Axis Well Technology who will be providing completions support, and who have partnered with Norwell on the project since 2018. During the last three decades, Norwell Engineering has managed the delivery of more than 400 wells for over 100 clients across six continents, including the full range of FTSE100 operators, who have relied on the company's expertise to design, project manage and troubleshoot operations around the world. Founded in 1989, the company has been active in India since 2003.
Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore Norway Subsea 7 announced the award of a sizeable(1) contract by OneSubsea®, the subsea technologies, production and processing systems division of Schlumberger, for a project at the Ormen Lange field operated by Shell in the Norwegian Sea. Subsea 7’s scope includes the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of the subsea flowline system as well as the installation of OneSubsea’s multiphase compression system. The contract award follows completion of the front-end engineering design study(2) and will be executed as a Subsea Integration Alliance project(3). Monica Th. Bjørkmann, Subsea 7’s Vice President Norway, said, “This award demonstrates the value Subsea Integration Alliance brings by combining the technologies and capabilities of OneSubsea and Subsea 7 into a seamless integrated offering, resulting in the delivery of optimised solutions with reduced execution and interface risk. Subsea 7 looks forward to progressing the execution phase of the project with a focus on safe, efficient and reliable operations.”
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1 - Subsea 7 defines a sizeable contract as being between USD 50 million and USD 150 million. 2 - Announced on 31 October 2019. 3 - Subsea Integration Alliance is a strategic global alliance between Subsea 7 and OneSubsea®, the subsea technologies, production and processing systems division
of Schlumberger, bringing together field development planning, project delivery and total lifecycle solutions under an extensive technology and services portfolio. As one team, Subsea Integration Alliance amplifies subsea performance by helping customers to define, select, install and operate the smartest subsea projects, that eliminate costly revisions, delays and reduces risk across the life of field.
