Wireline - Summer 2017

Profile | Hurricane Energy

Early Production System

Costain worked closely with Hurricane Energy to explore different field development options for the Lancaster discovery. A concept called the Early Production System (EPS) has been put forward that takes into account the current low oil price environment.

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The EPS – effectively phase one of an overall development – will involve a two-well tie-back from Lancaster to a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. This allows additional knowledge to be gleaned from the reservoir while minimising capital exposure. “We will evaluate how the reservoir behaves through the EPS and then decide the best way to go to full field development,” outlines Dr Robert Trice, CEO of Hurricane Energy. “It has to involve positive cash generation and provide technical answers on reservoir performance.” Senior account manager Peter Kirkbride at Costain adds: “Our relationship with Hurricane is integrative and collaborative. Early engagement in this project definitely helped us to align ourselves with Hurricane’s objectives and business drivers, and essentially created the feeling of ‘one team’. The EPS will drive progression of this innovative project, allowing true understanding of reservoir performance but – critically – also delivering an economic return on investment so far.” A team from Costain is now working at Hurricane to support contractor TechnipFMC in delivering the subsea, umbilicals, risers and flowlines as well as the mooring system installation.

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The Early Production System has to involve positive cash generation and provide technical answers on reservoir performance.

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