Technip’s UK entity has won a contract by BP and partners to develop the subsea infrastructure for the Quad 204 project, located West of Shetland. This is Technip’s largest contract to date in the UK North Sea, worth approximately EUR 600 million. The Quad 204 project, approved in July 2011, consists of replacing the existing Schiehallion production facility with a new purpose built FPSO(2), and installing extensive new subsea infrastructure. This major re-development will enable the potential recovery of an additional 450 million barrels of resource and extend production through to 2035.
The contract awarded to Technip UK covers a broad scope of work, including:
• removal of the existing Schiehallion FPSO and mooring system,
• recovery of all existing flexible risers(3) and dynamic umbilical systems(4),
• positioning and installation of a new FPSO and associated mooring system and anchor piles,
• supply and installation of 21 dynamic flexible risers,
• installation of four static and dynamic umbilicals,
• coating, welding and installation of 15 steel pipelines, totaling 50 kilometers,
• supply and installation of numerous flexible jumpers(5),
• installation of various manifolds, jumpers and infrastructure associated with the field development.