Subsea 7 Awarded Contract In The North Sea
Subsea 7 is awarded a SURF contract valued at approximately USD 185 million from Elf Exploration UK Limited on the West Franklin Field in the Central Graben area of the North Sea. The contract includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and commissioning of the Sealines Package associated with the West Franklin Phase 2 Development. Engineering and project management will commence later this year; offshore operations are due for summer 2013.
The Sealine Package consists of a 6.2km pipeline bundle incorporating two insulated pipe-in-pipe production pipelines to connect the new West Franklin A and Elgin B platforms and represents the largest diameter bundle produced and installed to date. A 6.6km umbilical will be laid and trenched adjacent to the bundle.
‘Bundle Of Joy’
Steph McNeill, Subsea 7’s vice president, UK said: “We are extremely pleased to be awarded this major award, which represents Subsea 7’s expertise in delivering pipeline bundle technology. The product allows efficiencies to be generated by neatly incorporating all the structures, valve work, pipelines and control systems necessary to operate a field in one single product, thus enabling us to effectively manage the challenges of the development, including significant temperatures.”