Technip won a substantial engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) contract from Esso Highlands, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, for the Alder field. Chevron is developing the Alder field as a subsea tieback to the Britannia Bridge Link Platform (BLP). This field is located in the central North Sea, about 200km northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland, at a water depth of approximately 150m.
The contract will cover a wide scope of work, from engineering to manufacturing and installation. It includes the detailed design and pipelay of a 28km 16” pipe-in-pipe system, the installation of a 28km hybrid umbilical, various subsea works including the installation of a manifold structure including HIPPS, subsea isolation valve structure, valves and spoolpiece components.
Technip’s operating centre in Aberdeen will execute the contract. It is scheduled to be completed in the second semester of 2015. Genesis will complete the detailed design work scope, and Technip’s spoolbase in Evanton, Scotland, will fabricate the pipe-in-pipe. DUCO, Technip’s wholly owned subsidiary in Newcastle, England, will manufacture the umbilical. Vessels from the Group’s fleet will be used for the offshore campaign, including its newest state-of-the-art pipelay vessel, the Deep Energy.
Bill Morrice, Managing Director of Technip in the United Kingdom, said, “We are delighted to be reigniting our relationship with Chevron with this substantial contract that will allow us to support them in bringing the Alder field on stream. The UK Continental Shelf is still an exciting place to be with many major fields being developed both around traditional developments and in deeper waters West of Shetland, a market Technip is keen to maximize opportunities.”
