Equinor awards NOK 6bn contracts for four subsea projects on Norwegian shelf

Contract awards and suppliers

Equinor has awarded contracts worth about NOK 6 billion for four subsea projects on the Norwegian continental shelf. TechnipFMC will deliver subsea production systems for Brime, Omega Sør and Tyrihans Nord and install rigid pipelines on Troll, with Tenaris supplying the linepipe. OneSubsea will deliver the subsea production system for TWIN and umbilicals for all projects. Ocean Installer will handle marine operations including installation and connection of facilities, control cables and flexible pipelines. NOV will supply flexible pipelines for Omega Sør, Tyrihans Nord and Brime.

Scale, targets and timeline

Together the four projects are expected to contribute between 130 and 220 million barrels of oil equivalent to future production. Equinor outlines a broader programme of around 75 subsea developments towards 2035 and aims to halve both costs and execution time by using simpler processes and standardised solutions.

Project ties and sanction status

The projects are TWIN (to be tied back to Troll A), Omega Sør (planned tie-back to Snorre A), Tyrihans Nord (via Kristin) and Brime (tied back to Gullfaks C via the Visund Sør template). Only TWIN has been sanctioned by the owners and the partnership has notified the Ministry of Energy; the remaining projects will follow the partnerships' and authorities' sanctioning processes.

Execution rationale

Equinor says early orders for long–lead standard equipment will speed delivery and allow reuse across later projects if any first-wave project is not sanctioned or approved, while coordinated contracting aims to strengthen competition, predictability and supplier opportunity to deliver multiple projects simultaneously.