Expro Strengthens North Sea Operations
International oilfield services company Expro has strengthened its operations in the North Sea with USD 25 million in contract wins secured in the UK and Norway, where it will officially open a new facility later in September. The company has been awarded a subsea contract for oil and gas producer, Wintershall Norway, in the Haltenbanken area of the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The five-year contract for Wintershall’s Maria project includes multi-well completions with two optional two-year extensions.
The scope of the contract includes the supply of a complete workover riser system including surface test tree and subsea landing-string systems. Operations, maintenance and engineering support services will also be provided for the system including global riser analysis and life cycle fatigue monitoring. In the UK Central North Sea, the company has won a contract with Premier Oil for its Catcher development to provide surface well testing and fluid analysis services on 22 subsea wells for three years, with options for three one-year extensions.
Expro have been the leading supplier of well-testing services to Premier Oil since 2009, and are currently undertaking work in the Solan field development west of the Shetland Isles. These wins have been followed by further contract extensions with key clients across the UK Continental Shelf for well-testing, clean-up and slick-line services. Expro’s work in Norway will be supported by a major new base in Tananger set to officially open later this year. The 19,000m2 facility will house several of the company’s key product lines including drill stem testing and well testing, and will comprise an office building, yard and workshop with the capability to rig-up four well-testing packages, and service a further six at the same time.
Please visit Expro at Offshore Energy 2015, booth no. 10.069.