DeepOcean has secured a subsea contract package from Equinor covering multiple fields on the Norwegian continental shelf, with offshore activities scheduled across the 2027-28 seasons.
The scope includes work at Visund in the North Sea and Johan Castberg in the Barents Sea, as well as an option for potential activity at Snorre A in the North Sea.
At Visund, DeepOcean will carry out an SIMOPRO installation assignment involving replacement of both gas export and oil export risers while production continues at the offshore facility. The company’s responsibilities include onshore project management, engineering, fabrication, procurement and offshore installation. The offshore campaign will also cover survey, dredging, tie-ins and pre-commissioning.
The Barents Sea scope relates to Isflak, an oil discovery located about 8.5 km from the Johan Castberg FPSO. It will be developed as the first satellite tie-back to the facility. DeepOcean will install a four-slot template, a manifold module, flowlines and a static umbilical, alongside related survey, tie-in and pre-commissioning work.
The package also includes options linked to Snorre A, covering recovery of eight existing risers and umbilicals between the underwater production area and the production facilities.
Offshore work at Visund, Isflak and Snorre A will be executed in water depths of about 300-400 m, using construction vessels from DeepOcean’s chartered subsea fleet.
