On November 14, NOF Energy will host a lunch designed to attract contractors to pitch for work with Heerema Fabrications at Hartlepool as it sets its teeth into a huge package of work on the £2billion Cygnus gas project.
According to NOF Energy, Heerema is keen to see fabricators, sub-contractors and suppliers attend the event who can provide the following products/services:
o Mechanical (workshop equipment, in-deck tanks);
o Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning;
o Structural (primary, tertiary, handrails, grating, nuts, bolts, paint);
o Electrical and Instrumentation;
o Piping;
o Architectural and insulation;
o Non-destructive testing;
o Dimensional control;
o Cutting and machining;
o Scaffolding;
o Hydro-testing;
o Flange management
It was in August when GDF Suez said it had awarded Heerema a frame contract for the fabrication and commissioning of four topsides units for the four-platform development in the Southern North Sea.
Topsides work for the Cygnus Alpha wellhead is scheduled to start next month with completion anticipated by March 2014.
This is to be followed by expected commencement of fabrication in June 2013 of the Cygnus Alpha processing & utilities (PU) module, bridges and flare as well as the Cygnus Bravo wellhead topsides, all scheduled for completion in April 2015.
Subsequently, in December 2013, the fabrication of the Cygnus Alpha compression module will start, which will also be ready for installation on to the PU topsides in April 2015.
According to Heerema, more than one million man-hours of work will be generated over the three years, plus additional supply-chain jobs being created for other companies in the English north-east and elsewhere.
The entire project will result in 10,500 tons of fabrication work for Heerema. The Cygnus Alpha complex will include a 3,900-ton process & utilities module, a 1,500-ton compression module, a 1,600-ton wellhead, two bridges and a flare weighing a combined 700 tons. The contract also includes fabrication work on 2,800-ton wellhead topsides for the remote Cygnus Bravo development.
One of the largest undeveloped gas finds in the Southern North Sea, Cygnus straddles blocks 44/12a and 44/11a. The field comprises both Leman and Carboniferous reservoirs with up to five potential productive fault blocks.
Cygnus is scheduled for first gas production by the end of 2015. Interest holders comprise by operator GDF Suez (38.75%) with partners Centrica (48.75%) and Bayerngas (12.5%).