Technip Secures Two Contracts From Bluewater In Gulf of Mexico

Published: 12-May-2009

By: Staff Writer Staff Writer Staff Writer

Technip, a France-based operator of gas and oil engineering, technologies and projects, has received two lump sum contracts from Bluewater Industries (Bluewater) for the Telemark and Clipper Corridor field developments in the Gulf of Mexico. ATP Oil & Gas Corporation is 100% owner and operator of the Telemark field, and 55% owner and operator of the Clipper Corridor field. Bluewater is managing the two projects.

The first contract is for the Telemark field, which is situated in Atwater Valley block 63, at a water depth of 1,357 meters (4,450 feet) and is being tied back to the ATP Titan platform.

The contract comprises of design and manufacture of one high pressure flexible riser, about three kilometers (km) long (two miles), engineering for the installation and welding of one oil and gas pumping flow line, about 21 km long (13 miles), installation of the flow line and linked riser with an option to install an umbilical, fabrication and installation of subsea structures and a jumper, and pre-commissioning.

The second contract is for the Clipper Corridor field, which is situated in Green Canyon block 299, at a water depth of 1,055 meters (3,460 feet) and is tied back to the Front Runner platform.

The second contract comprises of design and manufacture of two high pressure flexible risers, about 2.4 km long each (1.5 mile), engineering for the installation and welding of one pipe-in-pipe oil pumping flow line and one gas line, each about 25 km long (15.5 miles), installation of the flowlines, risers, and umbilical, fabrication and installation of four subsea structures and linked jumpers, flying leads, and pre-commissioning.

Technip’s operating center in Houston, Texas, will perform these contracts. The risers will be fabricated in Le Trait, France. The flowlines will be welded at the Technip’s spool base situated in Mobile, Alabama. Offshore installation is planned for late 2009/early 2010 for the Telemark project and for the second quarter of 2010 for the Clipper Corridor project, using the Deep Blue, Technip’s deepwater pipe lay vessel. The Deep Pioneer, Technip’s deepwater construction vessel, will also take part in the Telemark project.

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