Technip has picked up one of the first contracts for the Total’s Edradour Subsea Development.
The project is located approximately 75 kilometres North West of the Shetland Islands and will be carried out in 300 meters of water.
Technip’s operating centre in Oslo, Norway will carry out the project, which includes fabricating and installing 12” production pipelines and a 6” MEG(1) pipeline complete with 2″ piggy backed service line. The firm will also supply and install the steel tube umbilical, fabricate and install the pipeline end manifold, flowline end termination, flexible tails and rigid well tie-in spools, as well as the installation of templates and manifolds provided by the client. Technip will also be responsible for managing the rock dumping and pre-commissioning stages.
Knut Boe, president of North Sea Canada, said: “Technip is extremely proud of the award of this contract, which demonstrates the competitiveness of our Project Management and Engineering organization and of our new state-of-the-art vessel, the Deep Energy, supporting subsea developments in shallow to ultra-deep waters.”
The pipelines will be fabricated at Technip’s spoolbase in Evanton whilst the umbilicals are manufactured in Newcastle. Vessels from the group’s fleet will perform the installation work in the summer seasons of 2016 and 2017.
Total said yesterday its negotiations with contractors had resulted in favourable new terms, allowing it and Danish partner Dong Energy to relaunch the £340million west of Shetland project.
Total also announced it had acquired a 60% stake in the neighbouring Glenlivet discovery from Dong, which is keeping 20% The other partners in the find are Faroe Petroleum (UK) and First Oil Expro, each holding a 10% interest.
Edradour, 34 miles north-west of Shetland, was one of a string of North Sea projects shelved last year as costs soared.
The natural gas and condensate field – 75% owned by Total, with Dong holding a 25% stake – was forecast to start pumping in 2016.
