Technip Umbilicals Ltd., wholly-owned subsidiary of Technip has recently been awarded a contract by Statoil ASA to supply the umbilical, an assembly of steel tubes and/or hydraulic hoses which can also include electrical cables or optic fibres used to control subsea structures from a platform or a vessel, to the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field offshore Norway. This field is located approximately 8km North West of the Oseberg field center at block 30/9-30/6 on the Norwegian continental shelf, at water depths of 100m.
The contract covers project management, engineering and manufacture of over 9km of static steel tube umbilical. The umbilical includes a large bore integrated service line and multiple power cables. Technip Umbilicalsâ facility in Newcastle, UK, will manufacture the project, which is scheduled to be completed during the first half of 2017.
Sarah Cridland, Managing Director of Technip Umbilicals, said: âAs a company we have invested significantly in our Newcastle facility and it is encouraging to see the award of contracts, such as Oseberg, from this. This is an extremely important recognition to Technip Umbilicals from Statoil.â?
