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Loading living quarter module for offshore platform Ivar Aasen
Date of publication: 30.04.2015

On April 22th MSR Gryfia in Świnoujście held loading steel construction of living quarters module. The structure will be installed on Ivar Aasen platform in the North Sea.

On behalf of the Norwegian company – Apply Leirvik MSR Gryfia performed steel works, painting and metallization of the bottom. Module (weighing 250 tons and measuring L: 26 m, W: 18, H: 9) consists of several technical areas, which in the future will be equipped with devices for heating, ventilation and air conditioning of residential part of the platform.

Completed module was loaded by floating crane Maja on a special barge, that will transport the structure to the destination.

Ivar Aasen platform will be working on the mining field of the same name. The field was discovered in 2009. Ivar Aasen field is located in the North Sea. Production of oil from phase is scheduled for 2016. The field’s resources are estimated at about 210 million barrels of oil equivalent.