Saipem win Sequoia subsea development EPCI contract
2008.05.28 -
Contracts
The first contract was awarded by the Burullus Gas Company for the subsea development of the Sequoia field, which straddles both the Rosetta and West Delta Deep Marine Concessions, located offshore from the Nile River Delta, about 130 kilometres northeast of Alexandria, Egypt.
The contract encompasses the engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) of the subsea development system of the Sequoia field, in water depths ranging from between 70 and 570 metres, and of a new 22” gas-export pipeline. The marine activities will be carried out mainly by Saipem’s highly specialised FDS vessel and will use different installation methods (J-lay and S-lay) to match the complexity of the operational environment, including both shallow and deep waters. The work will be completed in the second half of 2009.
The second contract, awarded by Total E&P Angola, is for the Block 17 Gas Export Project consisting of exporting Block 17 gas to Block 2 area for injection into two oil depleted reservoirs located off the Angolan shore, about 230 kilometres northwest of Luanda. Saipem’s scope of work includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, transportation and installation of a new injection platform (Single Central Platform) weighting a total of 1500 tons, to be installed in water depth of 38 metres in the Block 2 area. The marine activities will be carried out by Saipem 3000 vessel in the second half of 2009.
Cameron (NYSE: CAM) has signed a three-year worldwide preferred supplier agreement with Schlumberger Integrated Project Management (IPM) for the supply of a wide range of flow equipment products and services. As part of the agreement, Cameron will provide Schlumberger IPM with all surface, subsea, drilling, measurement, compression and downstream equipment on a worldwide basis.
ClampOn has been awarded a contract for delivery of five subsea ClampOn DSP Leak Monitors to the Tampen Link project in the Norwegian sector in the North Sea (Sept 07). ClampOn will supply its ultrasonic non-intrusive acoustic Leak Monitors to Technip Norge AS on behalf of Statoil. The Leak Monitors will be retrofitted on two 20” gas valves on the seabed to verify/disprove through-valve gas leakage. These valves are currently open and they will be shut to close off the bypass alternative.
Helix Energy Solutions (NYSE: HLX) announced today that it has received a Letter of Intent ("LOI") for the installation of the subsea infrastructure for the VIC/P44 Stage 2 Development project in the Otway Basin offshore Australia. Participants in the VIC/P44 permit are Santos Limited (Operator) 50%, Peedamullah Petroleum Pty Ltd (Australian Worldwide Exploration) 25% and Mitsui E&P Australia Pty Ltd. 25%.
Velosi Limited Velosi or the Group, a provider of asset integrity and HSE services to a number of major national and multinational oil and gas companies, is pleased to announce that it has been re-awarded a contract from Mobil Producing Nigeria, for the next three years with an option to extend for a further one year.
Fugro has been awarded a contract to perform a detailed marine survey in the Mediterranean Sea to select the best route for the GALSI gas pipeline from Algeria to Southern Sardinia and then from Northern Sardinia to the mainland of Italy. The contract value is approximately EUR 18 million.
