Equinor UK Ltd. has extended its contract with Wood for operations, maintenance, modifications, and offshore services on the Mariner A platform and Mariner B floating storage unit on Mariner field in the UK North Sea.
Wood also will deliver front-end concept and feasibility studies, detailed design, construction, and commissioning services for future project developments. The contract will be delivered by Wood’s team in Aberdeen and offshore North Sea.
Mariner field lies about 150 km east of the Shetland Islands. The field, which began production in 2019, consists of two reservoirs: Heimdal and Maureen (OGJ Online, Aug. 15, 2019). Mariner is expected to produce more than 300 million bbl oil over the next 30 years.
Equinor is operator at Mariner (65.11%) with partners JX Nippon Corp. (20%), Siccar Point Energy E&P (8.89%), and ONE-Dyas BV (6%).
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).