UK-based Subsea 7 has won a contract worth $185 million from Elf Exploration UK on the West Franklin Field in the Central Graben area of the North Sea.
The scope of the subsea, umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) contract includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and commissioning of the Sealine Package associated with the West Franklin Phase 2 Development.
The Sealine Package consists of a 6.2 kilometre pipeline bundle incorporating two insulated pipe-in-pipe production pipelines to connect the new West Franklin A and Elgin B platforms.
A 6.6 kilometre umbilical will also be laid and trenched adjacent to the bundle.
Commenting on the news, Steph McNeill, Subsea 7's UK vice president, said: "We are extremely pleased to be awarded this major award, which represents Subsea 7’s expertise in delivering pipeline bundle technology.
“The product allows efficiencies to be generated by neatly incorporating all the structures, valve work, pipelines and control systems necessary to operate a field in one single product, thus enabling us to effectively manage the challenges of the development, including significant temperatures.”
Engineering and project management will commence later this year, with offshore operations due to commence in summer 2013.
Headquartered in London, UK, Subsea 7 is a seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services contractor to the offshore energy industry worldwide.
