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Technip has signed a deal with Statoil for work located to the north of Bergen, Norway
Technip signs subsea contract with
Statoil ASA for the Gullfaks field
Technip has signed a contract with
Statoil ASA for theGullfaks Rimfaksdalen
(GRD) Marine Operations Pipelay and
Subsea Installation project. This project
is an option to the Snøhvit CO2 Solution
project awarded in 2013.
The GRD project scope consists of a
subsea tie-back to a new wye piece on
an existing pipeline close to the Gullfaks
A platform.
The GRD template will be located
190km northwest of Bergen, Norway.
The contract covers the fabrication and
installation of two sections of pipe-in-
pipe, a total length of around 9.5 km,
with a 13 per cent chrome stainless
steel production flowline. It also
includes installation and tie-ins of three
spools and an 8.5km umbilical, and the
installation of a 280-ton template and a
110-ton manifold.
Technip’s operating centre in Oslo,
Norway, will execute the project.
Vessels from the group fleet will install
the template in 2015. The flowline will
be welded at Technip’s spoolbase in
Orkanger, Norway, while the installation
will be performed by the Apache II, in
the first half of 2016.
The installation of the associated
manifold, spools, umbilical and other
subsea equipment will be performed
by other vessels from Technip’s fleet.
First gas is planned for the second half
of 2016.
The company has also been awarded
a contract by Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation Limited (ONGC) to build
a 6 MMSCMD onshore terminal at
Odalarevu in Andhra Pradesh, India, as
part of the Integrated Development of
Vashishta (VA) and S1 fields.
These fields are located 30-35km off the
Amalapuram coast in the KG Basin, off
the East Coast of India, at water depths
of 250 to 700m. The onshore terminal
awarded to Technip is one of the critical
components of the development.
Technip’s scope of work for this
contract includes basic design, detailed
engineering, procurement, fabrication,
inspection and testing, installation, pre-
commissioning and commissioning
of the new onshore terminal facilities,
which will be integrated to the existing
terminal.
The company’s operating centre in
Delhi, India, will manage and execute
the project, which is scheduled to be
completed in the second half of 2016.
Technip – France