ABB has won an order worth $72 million from Statoil, the Norwegian oil company, to build a power link for a new production platform in the North Sea.
The 98km underwater link from Mongstad in Norway to the Gjøa platform will run at 115 kV cable with a capacity of 40 MW and will be the world’s longest power link bringing alternating current to a floating installation.
The three-core polymeric insulated (XLPE) cable, with an integrated optical fibre cable for general communication purposes, is scheduled for completion by 2010, when the platform becomes operational.