GALLERY: Mariner modules loaded on ‘Mighty Servant 3’

Lerwick Port Authority has informed that the heavy transport vessel Mighty Servant 3 has reached the UK loaded with modules for Statoil’s Mariner field development.

The Port Authority said that the Mighty Servant 3 arrived at Greenhead Base on Thursday.

According to Lerwick Port, the ship will remain there for up to a week to enable final preparatory works on the modules before transport offshore.

The first Mariner topside module left the DSME yard in South Korea on May 2 onboard the heavy transport vessel Forte. In mid-June, DSME delivered a topside module for the Mariner project to Norway’s Statoil onboard the vessel Mighty Servant 1.

In a prior statement, Statoil said that the topsides modules weighing a total of more than 38,000 tonnes were being shipped on five heavy transport vessels.

The 38,000 tonne-heavy topside consists of eight modules and a flare. According to Statoil, the modules will be installed offshore by the heavy lift vessel Saipem 7000 during the summer with start-up of the Mariner field planned for the second half of 2018.

Mariner

Mariner, discovered in 1981 some 150 km east of the Shetland Islands, is one of the largest projects currently under development in the UKCS.

The concept chosen for the development includes a production, drilling, and quarters platform based on a steel jacket, named Mariner A, with a floating storage unit, called Mariner B. Drilling will be carried out from the Mariner A platform, with a jack-up rig assisting for the first four years.

Recoverable reserves from the initial development are estimated at 250 million barrels of oil excluding near field exploration potential. The license is operated by Statoil with 65.1 percent interest with partners JX Nippon, Siccar Point Energy, and Dyas owning 20, 8.9, and 6 percent interest, respectively.

Offshore Energy Today Staff / Images: Lerwick Port Authority