World's Largest Spar Hull Order for Technip

Technip gets Statoil contract for engineering, procurement, construction of a spar hull for the Aasta Hansteen Field Development, Offshore Norway

The Aasta Hansteen Spar will be the first Spar in Norwegian waters, the first Spar concept chosen by Statoil and the largest ever built with a total hull length of 195 meters. (A 'spar' is a cylindrical, partially submerged offshore drilling and production platform that is particularly well adapted to deepwater).

Aasta Hansteen (previously named Luva) field development, offshore Norway, in approximately 1,300 meters (4,250 feet) of water depth, and the project will be led by Technip in a consortium with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).

The contract is also for the mooring systems as well as the design of the steel catenary risers.

Technip’s operating center in Houston, Texas, will be responsible for project management and engineering while HHI will be responsible for fabrication.

This award follows the successful execution by Technip of the front-end engineering and design of this project.

Technip’s office in Oslo, Norway, will be responsible for the marine operations to be performed prior to deck mating on the West coast of Norway in the summer of 2015.

The agreement is signed based upon the plan for development and operation’s authority approval expected early 2013 for a start-up late 2016.