Technip was awarded a contract for the ongoing development of the Iracema North field, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, Brazil, by Tupi BV, a consortium controlled by Petrobras Netherland BV (PNBV, 65%) and constituted by BG (25%) and Galp (10%),.
The contract covers the supply of 114km of flexible pipes, including gas lift, gas injection and gas export lines. The flexible pipes are designed to meet Petrobrasâ requested service life for up to 30 years in sour service application, water depths of up to 2,500m and under high pressures to inject gas in the reservoir (gas injection pipes). Delivery is scheduled to start in the first half of 2015.
Technipâs operating centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will perform the engineering and project management. The flexible pipes will be produced at Technip’s manufacturing sites of Vitoria and Açu, the new state-of-the-art plant of the Group, which has already delivered its first products for the pre-salt developments in Brazil.
Adriano Novitsky, president of Technip in Brazil, commented: âThis award confirms the flexible pipe as a reliable and optimised solution for the pre-salt challenging applications and Technip’s technological leadership in this business. It follows the flexible pipe supply contract awarded last year for the Iracema Sul field.â?
