Eldfisk 2/7 S Topside leaves Stord yard on 16th of May 2014, Norway
Within the contract signed by two major companies Kvaerner Stord AS and ConocoPhillips in March 2011, Topside of Eldfisk 2/7 S Platform sailed away from Stord shipyard in May this year. The ceremony held on this occasion was attended, among others, by the President and CEO of Kvaerner in one person Mr. Jan Arve Haugan. After leaving Stord Topside of the platform will be lifted onto the part called steel substructure jacket by raising it with two separate lifts. The whole operation has been already planned in details by an international team of Kvaerner. It is worth reminding that Eldfisk is a part of a larger oil and gas field known as Greater Ekofisk Area located in the North Sea about 300 kilometers from the coast of Norway. Production was launched there in 1979.