| Nexans, France, has recently won a contract from Statoil, Norway, for the supply of electrical heating cables, heating cable risers and mechanical protective equipment for installation piggy-back on the flowlines which connect the subsea installations with the floating production platform on the Kristin field in the Norwegian Sea. The heating system will prevent hydrate (hydrocarbon ice) from forming in the pipelines during unplanned production shutdowns. �This is the third direct electrical heating system Statoil has ordered, indicating that the system is successful and something that the company wants to focus on in the future�, commented Mr Yvon Raak, Nexans� executive vice-president.
The electrical heating system, which is installed on the �sgard field in the Norwegian Sea and the Huldra field in the North Sea, has been developed by Statoil in collaboration with Nexans and other Norwegian suppliers. The wellstream of the Kristin field has a particularly high temperature which has required further development of the piggy-back system. The equipment will be manufactured at Nexans� Halden factory, Norway, with installation work being carried out under an existing contract awarded to Technip Offshore Norge.
The Kristin field is due to produce from 12 subsea wells tied back to a floating platform. Its production capacity will be an estimated 126,000 barrels of condensate and 18 million cubic metres of gas per day. Production is planned to start in Summer 2005.
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