Aker Solutions was awarded a contract from Subsea 7 to deliver umbilicals for Murphy Exploration and Production Company – USA’s King’s Quay development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
The work scope includes 22 kilometers (14 miles) of dynamic steel-tube umbilicals and distribution equipment to connect the King’s Quay floating production system (FPS) to the Samurai, Khaleesi, and Mormont deepwater developments.
The King’s Quay semisubmersible FPS will be located around 280 kilometers (175 miles) south of New Orleans in the Green Canyon area of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
The engineering, design, and manufacturing of the umbilicals and distribution equipment will take place at Aker Solutions’ facility in Mobile, Alabama in the United States. The work starts immediately and the delivery is planned for the Q4 of 2021.
The contract will be booked as order intake in the Q2 of 2020.
