Jan De Nul completes cable installation work for ADNOC

Jan De Nul Group has completed the cable installation scope for the Phase II Full Field Development of the NASR offshore oil field for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC).

Jan De Nul was subcontracted by Hyundai Heavy Industries for the cable loading, transport, laying, and protection of three 132kV subsea power cables with a total length of 147 kilometres and ten 11kV subsea power cables with a total length of 57 kilometres.

The NASR oil field is located approximately 130 kilometres northwest of Abu Dhabi and the project is part of the ADNOC strategic development programme to increase the field’s capacity to 65,000 barrels per day.

A total of 204 kilometres of cable was loaded in Norway, and transported and installed at the project site in two separate trips with the cable laying vessel Isaac Newton.