Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract valued at approximately US $170m by Statoil for its heavy oil Mariner field in the UK North Sea. The contract is for the engineering, procurement, installation and construction of 39 km of rigid flowlines and flexible riser systems, together with associated subsea structures, protection systems, and tie-ins. Project management and engineering work will start immediately at Subsea 7’s offices in Stavanger, Norway and Aberdeen, UK. Offshore activities utilising a variety of Subsea 7 vessels are scheduled to begin in 2015 and be completed in 2016.