With the sail away on Friday 19 June, the Gina Krog, the largest launch jacket ever built by Heerema Fabrication Group's (HFG) Vlissingen yard is ready for installation.
The over 17,000 tons jacket for client Statoil & Partners is on its way to the Gina Krog field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. HFG was awarded the EPC contract of the Gina Krog launch jacket and pre-drilling wellhead module in February 2013.
The jacket was skidded onto a barge late March 2015 and has now set sail for installation at the Gina Krog field in the central part of the North Sea. The Gina Krog launch jacket has a footprint of 60×50 metres and at the top 40×30 metres. The height of the jacket is 142 meters. The pre-drilling wellhead module, which sails out after jacket installation, makes it possible to drill wells before the topside is in place and weighs 265 tons.
Gina Krog Field
The Gina Krog field development is a gas, condensate and oil field, located in the central part of the North Sea, about 30 kilometres northwest of the Sleipner field. The Gina Krog field will be developed with a fixed platform in a water depth of 116 metres and will be tied into the Sleipner facilities for gas export with oil being transported by tankers.
Picture: The Gina Krog jacket leaves the Heerema Vlissingen yard (by HFG).
