Original news was published on 26 November, 2015

Hyundai Heavy Industries has completed the heavy-lifting stage for the first of four mega modules under construction for Norwegian energy firm Statoil’s ambitious Aasta Hansteen platform.

The mega module was lifted into place at Hyundai’s yard in Ulsan, South Korea, using a new crane barge with a capacity of 11,023 tons. The module weighed 2,425 tons and measured 50 meters long, 25 meters across and 20 meters in depth.

The four modules are each built at ground level before being lifted into position as part of the construction of the hull of the Aasta Hansteen platform. Once complete the platform will be the world’s largest Spar platform and will be floated into position off the coast of Norway.

The platform will consist of a floating installation with a vertical column moored to the seabed and processing facilities above sea level. Natural gas will be extracted; risers will then transport it to the platform and connect it to Statoil’s new Polarled pipeline.

Polarled covers 480 kilometers of gas pipeline running from Aasta Hansteen to Nyhamna in Møre og Romsdal county. A separate pipeline will connect Polarled and the Kristin platform to combine with existing infrastructure at Haltenbanken.

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