TPi November 2016

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Technip awarded subsea contract Technip has been awarded a large subsea contract by Woodside to support the development of the Greater Enfield Project offshore Western Australia, at a water depth of 340 to 850m. to installation: the flexible pipes will be manufactured at Asiaflex Products, Technip’s manufacturing plant in Tanjung Langsat, Johor, Malaysia; the umbilicals will be supplied by the Technip Umbilicals facility located in Newcastle, UK; and the offshore installation will use several vessels from Technip’s fleet, and is scheduled for completion in 2018.

capacity, enabling the installation of large diameter flexible pipes in ultra- deep water environments such as the Brazilian pre-salt. It was built by VARD in Romania and Norway, with the main pipe-laying equipment by Huisman in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. Mons S Aase, DOF Subsea’s CEO, commented, “The extensive new-build programme of four PLSVs together with Technip has combined the subsea and vessel expertise across our organisations. Taking final delivery of Skandi Açu and commencing the contract with Petrobras is an important milestone in our partnership with Technip, and the joint venture now has three vessels in operation.”

The contract covers project manage- ment, design, engineering, procurement, installation and pre-commissioning (EPIC) of carbon steel production flowline, carbon steel water injection flowline, flexible risers and flowlines totalling 82.2km; subsea structures and valves; 38.9km of umbilicals (dynamic and static); and a multi-phase pump system (transport and installation). Technip’s operating centre in Perth, Australia, will execute the contract with support from Technip’s Asia Pacific subsea hub in the Kuala Lumpur office in Malaysia, and the office in Chennai, India.

Technip has also announced that the company, along with DOF Subsea, through their 50/50-owned affiliate TechDof Brasil AS, have taken final delivery of the pipe-lay support vessel (PLSV) Skandi Açu . The vessel has been approved for hire by Petrobras and commenced as per commitment its eight-year charter contract. It is the first of four PLSVs fixed on long-term charters with Petrobras, which were awarded to the joint venture between DOF Subsea and Technip in 2013. Skandi Açu is designed to achieve a 650-ton laying tension

Technip – France www.technip.com

doF subsea Group – Norway info@dofsubsea.com www.dofsubsea.com

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