Reinertsen to expand in Murmansk
Having secured a 400 million NOK contract on parts to a testcenter for CO2 capture in Norway, the Norwegian engineering company Reinertsen plans to expand and develop their services in Murmansk.
The Russian branch of the company Reinertsen NWR will expand with 100-150 new employees in Murmansk during the coming year, a press release from the company reads. Reinertsen NWR opened in 2005.
Reinertsen says the expansion in Murmansk is an important step in the preparation to take a major role in the Shtokman development project.
In 2008 The Murmansk branch of Reinertsen built an underwater module for StatoilHydro’s “Sigrid” project in the Norwegian Sea, as BarentsObserver reported.
Director of Reinertsen, Torkild Reinertsen, earlier this year became the first foreign board member in Murmanshelf, the association of oil- and gas suppliers in Murmansk Oblast and Northwest Russia.The association includes about 200 companies.
The 400 million NOK contract that Reinertsen has secured, concerns fabrication and installation of parts of a testcenter for CO2 capture that Technology Center Mongstad plans to construct. The partners in TCM are Gassnova, StatoilHydro and Norske Shell.
Technology Center Mongstad is the largest test facility of its kind in the world, with an annual capacity to handle up to 100000 tons of CO2. The experience gained by the operation of the technology center will in turn form the basis for a full-scale facility.
