Prezioso Linjebygg to provide maintenance services for Statoil’s processing plants in Norway

Prezioso Linjebygg has secured a contract worth NOK1.1bn ($128bn) to provide insulation, scaffolding and surface treatment (ISO) maintenance services for Statoil’s Sture and Kollnes processing facilities in Norway.

The ten-year contract would apply to the ISO methods, including rope access techniques, rigging and other related tasks.

Statoil is currently reviewing maintenance contracts for all of its facilities.

Sture and Kollsnes processing plants head Olav Bådsvik said: "This framework agreement with Prezioso Linjebygg for the delivery of ISO services at Sture and Kollsnes marks the start of a long-term partnership between the companies.

"We look forward to a good partnership, focusing on good HSE performance, increased efficiency and good quality within maintenance services.

"The suppliers of the future are proactive, pursuing continuous improvement work, which builds competitiveness."

Statoil’s Sture oil terminal near Bergen serves as an export port for crude oil and consists of two jetties able to berth tankers up to 300,000 deadweight tonnes, in addition to five artificial rock caverns for crude with a total capacity of one million cubic metres.

The terminal also features a plant for recovering volatile organic compounds (VOC).

The Kollsnes processing plant is operated by Gassco and is located west of Bergen.

Kollsnes treats gas from the Troll, Kvitebjørn and Visund fields in the North Sea, and has the capacity to handle up to 143 million standard m³ per day.

Statoil is serving as technical service provider at the plant.

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Image: Kollsnes processing plant west of Bergen. Photo: © Statoil.