TPT March 2014

Industry News

Contracts for ultra-deep water fields TECHNIP has been awarded by Petrobras two ultra-deep water contracts for the supply of flexible pipes for the Sapinhoá Norte field and I5 at Lula field (former Tupi field), located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area (Brazil), at a water depth of up to 2,500m. The combination of both contracts covers the supply of approximately 100km of flexible pipes for oil production, gas lift and gas injection, as well as related equipment for the pre-salt area, to be installed on the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) units, Cidade de Angra dos Reis and Cidade de Ilhabela . The gas injection top risers are designed for high internal pressure, using the Teta profile developed by Technip’s R&D team at the Flexi France plant in Le Trait, France. Teta wire has a specific, patented T-shape used in flexible pipe to resist the radial effect of the internal pressure. The gas injection top risers, together with the majority of the scope above, will be manufactured in Flexibras Açu, Technip’s new flexible pipe manufacturing plant in Brazil. The remaining scope will be manufactured in Flexibras Vitória. Technip’s operating centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will perform the engineering and project management. Bending boost for Larsen and Toubro in India COJAFEX has supplied and installed an auxiliary bending arm for the PB 1400 bending machine at Larsen and Toubro in India. This arm enhances the capabilities of the 56" pipe bending machine. It can now also process pipes with diameters ranging from 4" to 16" at radii 1.5 diameter and up. Induction bent spools save greatly on welding. Cojafex bending machines can bend very complex shapes. The Cojafex proprietary collision detection software enables customers to determine the feasibility of a proposed spool piece in the initial estimation/quotation phase. Cojafex will be at Tube Düsseldorf at stand number 7AE03. Technip – France Website: www.technip.com

Cojafex – The Netherlands Email: mail@cojafex.com Website: www.cojafex.com

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