A major milestone has been reached in the delivery of 73 subsea structures for BP’s Quad 204 offshore development project.
Babcock International Services has completed two manifolds – the largest and most complex constructions within the project – at its Rosyth facility on the Forth.
The structures, which were manufactured, painted and outfitted at the site, were transported to Lerwick by freighter and then transferred to a dedicated heavy lift vessel for installation at the Schiehallion and Loyal oil and gas fields.
Charles Forrester, project manager, Energy and Marine Services from Babcock said: “We are pleased to have delivered this hugely significant part of BP’s Quad 204 offshore redevelopment project.
“The Manifolds are major pieces of highly complex engineering and it is testament to the skill, ingenuity and hard work of our workforce that the structures are now on their way to play their part in accessing remaining hydrocarbon reserves in the Schiehallion and Loyal fields.
“We were also thrilled, to be recognised for our safety performance on this programme.”
The manifold’s have a combined weight of 326 tonnes and are central parts of the 2015 installation programme.
Babcock has also installed pipe spools and pressure tested the structures at Rosyth before handing them over to BP and its sub-contractors to carry out Controls Fit Out (CFO) and Site Integration Testing (SIT).
The Manifolds were joined on the journey to the North Sea production site by two Control Distribution Assemblies (CDA’s).
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