Statoil, which operates the Gina Krog and Eirin Fields, awarded Ocean Installer the overall engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract to provide subsea installations and tie-in operations for the two fields.

As part of its EPCI contract Ocean Installer is responsible for the design, fabrication and subsea installation of a gas export pipeline end manifold; the oil export riser base; the tie-in spools and covers; and all associated remote tie-in operations.

The work scope related to the Eirin field is included as an option due to the project being sanctioned at a later date.

The Gina Krog field is about 30km northwest of the Sleipner A installation and about 250km southwest of Stavanger, Norway.

The Eirin gas and condensate field is 9km northwest of Gina Krog.

For the project with Ocean Installer, GE is providing equipment to connect the Sleipner A installation with a new Gina Krog production platform and floating storage unit after they are built.

The value of the contract with Ocean Installer is about $US16.7 million ($A17.4 million) and includes hardware and offshore installations.

There is an additional $A5.3 million in options. The option consists of connections to the nearby Eirin field.