Representatives of both Norwegian firms support the good work developed by the Puerto Real Shipyard and its collaborating industry despite the impact Covit-19

Navantia Puerto Real celebrated this morning the official event of delivery to the client of the HVDC module of the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 project, for Aibel and Equinor. In an event held next to the shipyard, and marked by strict compliance with the Covid-19 protocol, workers of Navantia and both customers have participated in an act that certifies the compliance of Aibel and Equinor.

After 14 months of intense work to successfully complete the construction of this electrical substation, the HVDC module built in Puerto Real will immediately leave for its destination on board the Heavy Lift "Biglift Barentsz..." the journey is expected to last about a week.

The project has meant for Navantia Puerto Real about 835,000 hours of work, occupying an average of 375 people during the 14 months of work. In addition, it is important to highlight the fulfilment of the deadlines despite the disadvantages resulting from the effects of the Covit-19 pandemic, which Navantia has faced and met the different milestones to the satisfaction of the client.

The successful completion of this great contract of Diversification of Navantia in the Bay of Cadiz is a great step in this sector and places the shipyard of Puerto Real as an international reference in the Off-Shore business.

Johan Sverdrup is a large oil field located in the North Sea about 140 kilometres west of Stavanger. It is also one of the largest on the Norwegian continental shelf and is expected to produce 25% of the total production of the Norwegian continental shelf when at its highest capacity. The life of the field will be 50 years and its production will be between 550,000- 650,000 barrels per day.Equinor Energy (formerly Statoil) awarded AIBEL in April 2018 the construction of the P2 platform for the Johan Sverdrup field, and AIBEL after a year of negotiations ratified in February 2019 with the signing of this contract the award to Navantia of the construction of one of the 3 modules in which they have divided the "Topside" of the platform.