Engineering group Technip says the bumper deal it has landed to help bring the Alder North Sea field online shows the continuing strength of the UK Continental Shelf.
Chevron confirmed the contract, worth at least £85million, to develop pipelay and subsea works for the Alder field last week.
The company’s operating centre in Aberdeen will oversee the contract, with work being carried out at Technip subsidiar Genesis, and at their facilities in Newcastle and Evanton ahead of delivery in 2015.
Technip vessels, including its newest piplelay craft the Deep Energy, will carry out the offshore work, around 200km northeast of Aberdeen in water approximately 150m deep.
“Technip has a proven track record in delivering EPIC contracts of this scale and our unique vertical integration is an added-value advantage for our clients as our capabilities cover the entire value chain for subsea infrastructures,” said Technip’s UK managing director Bill Morrice.
“The UK Continental Shelf is still an exciting place to be with many major fields being developed both around traditional developments and in deeper waters West of Shetland, a market Technip is keen to maximize opportunities.”
The final value of the deal has not been disclosed, but is in excess of EU100million. Although Technip could not confirm if the deal would lead to new jobs, Morrice insisted it showed their commitment to the region after hiring more than 100 people this year in the UK.
“We are committed to the UK subsea industry and are always looking at ways to continue to develop our people ensuring we have the correct resources in place to meet our client’s needs,” he said.
“We are investing in the future through our new building programme in Westhill and have recruited more than 100 people to date in 2013 to work across our UK subsea business.”
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