{"id":312765,"date":"2025-11-12T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/ocean-installer-expands-its-presence-in-the-balder-next-project\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:08:25","slug":"ocean-installer-expands-its-presence-in-the-balder-next-project","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/ocean-installer-expands-its-presence-in-the-balder-next-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Installer expands its presence in the Balder Next project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Ocean Installer<\/strong> has secured a new strategic contract from <strong>V\u00e5r Energi<\/strong> within the framework of the <strong>Balder Next project<\/strong>, which provides for the expansion of production in the Balder field, located in the central sector of the North Sea. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/aker-bp-assumes-lead-role-in-kjottkake-field-development-following-agreement-with-dno\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Norwegian North Sea<\/a><\/strong> Norwegian North Sea.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Technical details of the contract<\/h2>\n\n<p>The contract covers <strong>project management, engineering and the supply of products and <a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/baker-hughes-flexible-piping-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flexible piping<\/a><\/strong> for the subsea development. These tasks will be executed under an accelerated schedule starting in 2025 with the fabrication phase and contemplating offshore operations in <strong>2027 and 2028<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<p>This initial agreement is part of the collaboration between <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/ocean-installer-extends-charter-contract-for-normand-vision-vessel-until-2031\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ocean Installer<\/a><\/strong> and V\u00e5r Energi&#8217;s Subsea Partnership subsidiary, which is leading the implementation of the <strong>Balder Next &#8211; New Wells project<\/strong>. This phase aims to enable <strong>six new subsea wells<\/strong> and prepare the infrastructure for future production connections. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A strategic alliance gaining momentum<\/h2>\n\n<p>This new step strengthens the <strong>strategic alliance signed in 2022<\/strong> between Ocean Installer and V\u00e5r Energi, consolidating a relationship that has evolved through projects such as Balder Future and Balder Phase VI.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This project was awarded before the summer; we have built a relationship defined by trust and shared ambitions.<\/p>\n<cite>Kevin Murphy, CEO of Ocean Installer.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Energy outlook for Norway<\/h2>\n\n<p>The Balder Next project aligns with Norway&#8217;s strategy to <strong>strengthen its energy production through subsea technology<\/strong> by consolidating operations in existing fields with optimized infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n<p>Ocean Installer is thus positioned as a key player in the energy development of the North Sea, providing technical capacity, agile execution and accumulated experience in collaboration with local operators.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/oceaninstaller.com\/ocean-installer-awarded-a-large-contract-by-var-energi-for-the-balder-next-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ocean Installer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>V\u00e5r Energi awards key contract to Ocean Installer to advance the subsea development of the Balder field in the North Sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10019,"featured_media":312466,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13036],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-312765","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-oil-and-gas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/312765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/312765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=312765"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=312765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}