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6 TUBE PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL January 2016
newsbusiness & market
Technip awarded umbilical supply contract
Technip’s wholly owned subsidiaries
Technip Umbilicals Ltd and Angoflex
Ltda have been awarded a contract
by ENI SpA to supply umbilicals to the
Block 15/06 East Hub Development
offshore Angola.
This field is located approximately
350km north of Luanda, at water depths
of 450-600m. The contract covers
project management and manufacture
of about 15km of dynamic and static
steel tube umbilicals.
Technip Umbilicals’ facility in Lobito,
Angola, with support from Technip
Umbilicals in Newcastle, UK, will
manufacture the umbilicals, which
are scheduled to be completed in
the second half of 2016. This project
follows Technip Umbilicals’ successful
completion of many deep water West
African projects in recent years.
Sarah Cridland, managing director of
Technip Umbilicals, said, “This award
of Block 15/06 East Hub Development
is a recognition of the quality and
performance of the umbilicals provided
by Technip.”
“We are proud to be awarded this
contract and will utilise our expertise
across multiple Technip Umbilicals sites
whilst strengthening our relationship
with ENI.”
Technip has also been awarded an
engineering, procurement, installation
and commissioning contract by
Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB) for
the D18 Project.
The project covers the procurement
and installation of two 8" water injection
flexible pipes totalling 9.5km. The
flexible pipes will connect three fixed
jacket platforms that form the existing
D18 infrastructure offshore Sarawak,
Malaysia, at a water depth of 36m.
This contract is part of the five-year
framework agreement signed with
Petronas in late 2014, and is in line
with Technip’s strategy to strengthen its
partnerships with its clients to drive cost
optimisation.
Asiaflex Products, Technip’s flexible pipe
manufacturing plant located in Johor,
Malaysia, will execute the contract with
support from Technip’s operating centre
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The flexible
pipes will be manufactured at Asiaflex
Products, and the Deep Orient, one of
Technip’s subsea construction vessels,
will be mobilised for installation.
KK Lim, president of Technip in Asia
Pacific, commented, “This is the first
work order awarded under the five-
year framework agreement signed
with Petronas. We are pleased to be
able to leverage our unique subsea
vertical integration of product design,
manufacturing and installation vessel
to offer a cost-effective solution to our
client by using flexible pipe technology.”
Technip – France
Off the west coast of Africa near Angola