Norwegian owner Subsea 7 has scooped another Statoil contract worth between $50m and $150m.

The company said the deal calls for design, coating, fabrication and installation of a 53km rigid flowline for the Johan Castberg field development, 240km from Hammerfest.

Offshore operations will be carried out in 2020.

Phil Simons, Subsea 7's vice president of North Sea and Canada, said: "We are pleased to have been awarded this key project by Statoil and to be part of the further development of the oil and gas infrastructure in the Barents Sea, delivering regional content in the North of Norway.