Technip has been awarded by Chevron an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract for the development of the Captain 鈥楥鈥� oil project in the UK North Sea. The contract, valued at around 拢15.5 million (鈧�23 million), requires the Captain 鈥楥鈥� facilities (two productions wells) to be tied back to existing Captain field infrastructure. Technip鈥檚 engineering center in Aberdeen, Scotland, will undertake the project management, design and installation of rigid pipelines ranging from 3鈥� to 10鈥�, as well as an umbilical. Technip will also install a mini manifold, a tie-in structure, and complete all associated tie-ins, testing and pre-commissioning.
All rigid pipelines will be assembled at Technip鈥檚 Spoolbase in Evanton, Scotland, and the umbilical will be designed and manufactured by Technip subsidiary Duco, based in Newcastle, UK.
Offshore operations for the development will commence in the second quarter of 2006 using vessels from Technip鈥檚 fleet. Pipelay vessel Apache will install all pipelines and will be supported by the Normand Pioneer, which will fulfill all trenching and backfilling requirements. The DSV (Diving Support Vessel) Wellservicer will complete structure installation works and the Orelia will undertake all tie-ins, testing and pre-commissioning.
Technip also significantly supported the installation of the subsea infrastructure and all tie-back operations for the Captain 鈥楢鈥� and 鈥楤鈥� developments, which were undertaken in 1997 and 2002, respectively.