AMEC, the engineering and project-management company, has been awarded the hook up and commissioning (HUC) support contract for GDF SUEZ E&P UK’s Cygnus gas field development. The HUC support contract for the four Cygnus platforms follows on from the FEED and detailed design work executed by AMEC from its London offices.
This latest phase, with first gas scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2015, will be delivered by AMEC’s Aberdeen offshore North Sea team. The work will be part of a series of major platform installations, including the full spectrum of commissioning and completions support.
Cygnus gas production is due to meet the demand for nearly one and a half million UK homes at peak production, accounting for around five per cent of the UK’s gas production by 2016. Located on the Dogger Bank in the Southern North Sea, the field is being developed through one main hub, Cygnus Alpha. A second wellhead platform, the Cygnus Bravo platform, will be located in the west of the field approximately 7km from the Alpha complex. A new 51km gas export pipeline will link the field to the Esmond Transportation System (ETS) pipeline export, which terminates on the UK mainland at the Bacton onshore terminal.
