TPi March 2015

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Technip has signed a deal with Statoil for work located to the north of Bergen, Norway

Technip signs subsea contract with Statoil ASA for the Gullfaks field

These fields are located 30-35km off the Amalapuram coast in the KG Basin, off the East Coast of India, at water depths of 250 to 700m. The onshore terminal awarded to Technip is one of the critical components of the development. Technip’s scope of work for this contract includes basic design, detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication, inspection and testing, installation, pre- commissioning and commissioning of the new onshore terminal facilities, which will be integrated to the existing terminal. The company’s operating centre in Delhi, India, will manage and execute the project, which is scheduled to be completed in the second half of 2016.

Technip’s operating centre in Oslo, Norway, will execute the project. Vessels from the group fleet will install the template in 2015. The flowline will be welded at Technip’s spoolbase in Orkanger, Norway, while the installation will be performed by the Apache II , in the first half of 2016. The installation of the associated manifold, spools, umbilical and other subsea equipment will be performed by other vessels from Technip’s fleet. First gas is planned for the second half of 2016. The company has also been awarded a contract by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) to build a 6 MMSCMD onshore terminal at Odalarevu in Andhra Pradesh, India, as part of the Integrated Development of Vashishta (VA) and S1 fields.

Technip has signed a contract with Statoil ASA for theGullfaks Rimfaksdalen (GRD) Marine Operations Pipelay and Subsea Installation project. This project is an option to the Snøhvit CO 2 Solution project awarded in 2013. The GRD project scope consists of a subsea tie-back to a new wye piece on an existing pipeline close to the Gullfaks A platform. The GRD template will be located 190km northwest of Bergen, Norway. The contract covers the fabrication and installation of two sections of pipe-in- pipe, a total length of around 9.5 km, with a 13 per cent chrome stainless steel production flowline. It also includes installation and tie-ins of three spools and an 8.5km umbilical, and the installation of a 280-ton template and a 110-ton manifold.

Technip – France www.technip.com

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