Gullfaks B drag chain project underway

Blog post -

Gullfaks B drag chain project underway

Cavotec's largest oil and gas project to date - upgrading Statoil's Gullfaks B drilling platform - is now fully underway and is proceeding well. 

Our engineers recently began work on the installation, one and a half months ahead of schedule. 

The guide system for one chain system is now mounted, and our customer, Aibel, a leading engineering, construction, upgrading and maintenance service provider in the oil, gas and renewable energy sector, is happy with progress. 

Cavotec is supplying, testing and commissioning three sets of stainless steel drag chains as part of a of a major modernisation programme that will extend the operational life of the Gullfaks B platform to 2032.

Cavotec supplies advanced power control and automation technologies to a wide variety of offshore energy customers worldwide.

Related links

Topics

Categories

Contacts

Joakim Wahlquist

Joakim Wahlquist

Press contact Chief Financial Officer +46704034786

Related media

Related content

Cavotec drag chains drive bridge behemoth

Cavotec drag chains drive bridge behemoth

What’s 57 metres long, weighs 200 tonnes and will link a floating hotel with oil platforms? Answer: the world’s longest offshore telescopic bridge. The bridge, built by Marine Aluminium, will be a walkway between specialised accommodation vessel Edda Fortis and oil installations in the North Sea.

We connect the future.

Cavotec is a leading cleantech company that designs and delivers connection and electrification solutions that enable the decarbonisation of ports and industrial applications. Backed by more than 40 years of experience, we provide systems that ensure safe, efficient and sustainable operations for a wide variety of customers and applications worldwide.

Cavotec

Corso Elvezia 16
CH-6900 Lugano
Switzerland

Cavotec homepage
Cavotec on YouTube
Cavotec on LinkedIn
Enter your email address to follow Cavotec

When you choose to create a user account and follow a newsroom your personal data will be used by us and the owner of the newsroom, for you to receive news and updates according to your subscription settings.

To learn more about this, please read our Privacy Policy, which applies to our use of your personal data, and our Privacy Policy for Contacts, which applies to the use of your personal data by the owner of the newsroom you follow.

Please note that our Terms of Use apply to all use of our services.

You can withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing or deleting your account.
Check your inbox

Email sent to __email__. Click the link there to follow Cavotec.

Okay