ABB has awarded Aker Solutions’ wholly-owned subsidiary Aker Marine Contractors the contract to install its subsea power cable for the Goliat field in the Barents Sea.
Aker Marine Contractors will install the cable utilising its new-build subsea installation and construction vessel,AMC Connector. She will install 106,5 kilometres of cable – in one length – stretching from Hammerfest, Norway, offshore to the Goliat FPSO.
The subsea power cable, supplied by ABB, will weigh approximately 6 000 tonnes. The AMC Connector – previously called Aker Connector – will easily take this in one load as she will be equipped to handle a total payload of 9 000 tonnes, divided onto two turntables for high voltage power cables or subsea umbilicals.
