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Monday, September 11, 2017
Egypt’s Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El Molla, at a signing ceremony, announced a major subsea contract from Petrobel for phase two of the “supergiant” Zohr Gas Field situated in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Egyptian coast. The contract went to Baker Hughes, the GE company (BHGE).
Petrobel is a JV between IEOC, an ENI subsidiary, and EGPC. It is in charge of the development of the Zohr Field on behalf of Petro Sherouk, a JV between EGAS and IEOC.
As a long-term partner to Egypt, BHGE will provide project management, engineering procurement, fabrication, construction, testing and transportation of a subsea production system, including seven manifolds, tie-in systems, long offset subsea and topside control systems, SemStar5 HIPPS (high integrity pressure protection) systems, workover systems and tools, and will support the installation, commissioning and start-up operations.
This project draws on the experience of BHGE in large bore, long offset gas fields and incorporates an integrated HIPPS system and positions BHGE as a market leader in this field. For the first time, BHGE will also provide 10 e-EHXT trees, manufactured at its subsea center of excellence in Aberdeen, Scotland. The trees were designed in collaboration with ENI as part of a standardization exercise, applying field-proven products and systems gained from previous projects with ENI on a range of successful deep-water projects in Africa. In addition, BHGE will provide wellheads via a separate contract awarded by Petrobel earlier this year.
The steel structures will be manufactured in Alexandria, supporting local employment in Egypt, as well as the UK, Norway and Italy. Project management services will also be supported from Egypt and from the UK.
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