Peterhead offshore supply base, Asco, Aberdeen, Statoil Statoil UK Ltd. has awarded the contracts for supply base and warehousing services for the Mariner Field in the U.K. North Sea to Asco UK Ltd., the company said in a Feb. 26 release.

Asco is an international oilfield support services company, headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland. The supply base and warehousing facility for Mariner will be operated by Asco from Peterhead, north of Aberdeen.

The scopes awarded encompass the provision of supply base services, including personnel, local transportation, marine gas oil, quayside services and a nearby warehousing facility.

Asco will perform the services for the Mariner Field under two five-year contracts, anticipated to start during the first quarter of 2016. The contracts also include two two-year extension options.

The Statoil operated Mariner Field, located about 150 km east of the Shetland Isles, is currently under development and production is scheduled to start in 2017.

The development concept includes a production, drilling and quarters (PDQ) platform based on a steel jacket and a floating storage unit (FSU). Drilling will be carried out from the PDQ drilling rig, with a jack-up rig assisting for the initial years.

In the period when both the PDQ and the jackup are drilling Mariner wells, the field will require at least five sailings a week from the Peterhead supply base.

Statoil is the operator of the Mariner Field with 65.11% equity. Co-venturers are JX Nippon Exploration and Production UK Ltd. (28.89%) and Dyas Mariner Ltd. (6%).