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Thursday, January 3, 2008
FMC Technologies has received a contract award from Total for the Pazflor development offshore
Under the scope of the contract FMC will provide three gas-liquid separation systems, as well as 49 subsea trees and wellheads. The contract for the subsea gas-liquid separators marks the first time the technology will be deployed in
In addition, FMC will supply three 4-slot production manifold systems; production control and umbilical distribution systems; gas export and flowline connection systems; ROV tooling; and local support for installation and start up activities. Deliveries will be completed over a multi-year period and are expected to commence in 2009. Revenues on the project will be recognized beginning in early 2008.
“FMC has now been awarded five subsea processing projects in four major deepwater basins in just the last two years,” said John Gremp, FMC Technologies Executive Vice President. “We are proud to be selected to develop these systems, and we look forward to working with Sonangol, Total and their partners in the implementation of our state-of-the-art technology in
The Pazflor Project targets development of hydrocarbons in water depths between approximately 2,000 feet and 4,000 feet. The overall development currently consists of 49 subsea wells connected via subsea production lines, injection lines and risers to a spread moored floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
International companies including Technip and Acergy were also awarded a contract by Total for the Pazflor development. Technip’s share of the contract covers the engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of over 80 km of production and water injection rigid flowlines, conventional flexible risers, and integration production bundle (IPB) risers, the engineering, procurement and fabrication of over 60 km of umbilicals.
The umbilicals will be manufactured at the umbilical plant of Angoflex, a company run in association with Sonangol E&P, in
Offshore installation will commence in 2010, using Technip’s vessels Deep Blue and Deep Pioneer.
Acergy’s portion of the contract includes the engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of 55 km of water injection lines, gas injection and gas exports lines, umbilicals and over twenty rigid jumpers. The company will also install all manifolds, three subsea separation units with associated umbilicals, and the FPSO mooring lines, together with the overall pre-commissioning.
All Acergy fabrication will be undertaken at the Sonamet yard in
Olivier Carre, Vice President Acergy Africa and Mediterranean, said, "We are delighted to be awarded this contract by Total, which demonstrates the confidence of the Block 17 partners and Sonangol in our capabilities and our ability to apply technological solutions that our customers require for deepwater subsea construction developed with local industrial assets in Angola. This substantial contract award further expands our already strong presence in
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