Text and video: Sveinung W. Jensen, Tellus Kommunikasjon

– There's a lot going on in the workshop, says foreman Kai Arne Reppen.

Halvorsen shall produce several separate offshore modules. Each module consists of a frame structure, pipes and tanks.

– A major project which will provide work for many in the workshop until October, and which is spot-on for us in terms of expertise. There's a lot of mechanical work and welding. All in all, we're talking about around 900 pipe welds, says project manager Svein Kenneth Krossli.

Both projects will need modules for one air dryer and two compressors. In addition, Halvorsen will supply a module for a backup generator.

Each module consists of a frame structure, pipes and tanks, plus various electro-instruments and valves.

The customer will assemble the modules themselves.

– REMOVE VI are to be produced together, but we are not the ones who will be assembling them. We will be delivering «bits and pieces,» says Krossli.

Halvorsen is one of around 200 supplier companies in Norway that will contribute directly to the two next major developments on the Norwegian continental shelf – Yggdrasil and Valhall PWP-Fenris.

A total of 165 billion Norwegian kroner is to be invested. The Norwegian share of the deliveries is around 65 percent, and the projects will contribute 130,000 man-years in Norway over the lifetime of the fields.