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Equinor corporation selected specialized firm IKM Ocean Design to execute the basic engineering study for the Atlantis project pipeline system. This award consolidates a critical phase for the maturation of this gas and condensate asset discovered in 2020.
Development of the Atlantis Project in the North Sea
The development’s viability is based on a subsea connection model coupled to operational facilities, an alternative designed to reduce capital costs and mitigate indirect carbon emissions.
Regarding contractual requirements, the supplier will assume complete technical responsibility for the pipeline system and associated subsea components. The work specifically includes engineering of the production line using pipe-in-pipe technology, MEG injection lines, internal umbilicals, and risers responsible for connecting the field to the Kvitebjørn platform, located approximately 17 kilometers away.
Consequently, the new development scheme directly leverages the results of the conceptual definition analysis previously executed by engineering. This temporal sequence ensures continuity of the specialists responsible for addressing the geological and structural challenges of the area. Previous experience accumulated in high-pressure, high-temperature engineering in challenging marine environments supports project design risk mitigation.
Likewise, management of IKM Ocean Design’s Oil and Gas division confirmed that the FEED scope ratifies corporate suitability to provide advanced installation methodologies, mechanical routing, and physical protection schemes. The advanced technological instruments to be employed in this phase will facilitate achievement of the industrial safety objectives established by Equinor, aimed at maximizing financial value and reducing the environmental footprint in the European extractive sector.
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