This summer will be a busy time for StatoilHydro and the group’s suppliers off the Sogne region of western Norway, with marine operations on both Gjøa and Vega. These activities are intended to prepare the two North Sea fields to start production next year. “We have 20 units at work and are due to perform some 1,000 vessel days,” reported Bjørn Midttun, head of subsea installations, pipelines and marine operations on Gjøa. Roughly 200 kilometres of oil and gas pipelines will be laid, along with a 100-kilometre transmission cable from Mongstad near Bergen to supply the floating platform with power from shore. Installing umbilicals, risers, and connection and protection structures, and making more than 60 connections, are just some of the other jobs to be done.