BP awards More subsea contracts

Increased investments in the offshore oil & gas sector is a good indication for the industry.

· BP,Contract,Offshore

BP has awarded two companies subsea engineering contracts for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim gas project off Mauritania and Senegal.

BP has contracted McDermott International and Baker Hughes, a GE organization (BHGE) for subsea umbilicals, riser and flowlines (SURF) and subsea creation framework gear.

The underlying subsea foundation interfaces the initial 4 of 12 wells merged through generation pipelines prompting a coasting creation, stockpiling and offloading vessel, where fluids are evacuated and the fare gas is pipelined the gliding LNG (FLNG) terminal for liquification.

BHGE will give five huge bore deepwater horizonal xmas trees, a six-opening double bore complex, a pipeline end complex, subsea conveyance units, three subsea disengagement valves, diverless associations and subsea creation control frameworks, explicitly intended to empower the future incorporation of extra wells for the main period of the advancement.

McDermott will utilize its Amazon vessel, DLV 2000, North Ocean 102 and outsider vessels to finish its designing, obtainment, development and establishment SURF contract, which is esteemed at between US$500 million and US$750 million.

BHGE Vice President Subsea Production Systems and Services Graham Gillies said the task bolsters the business' drive for a lower carbon future.

"Together with McDermott, we will convey the top tier answer for BP with cost-proficiency and industry-driving security," he said.

"These honors show the estimation of early-commitment, cooperative organizations and all encompassing venture arranging, which are especially vital to our new way to deal with subsea advancements." The FLNG office is required to give around 2.5 million t of LNG per annum.

LNG from the venture will be delivered for worldwide fare just as for residential use in both Mauritania and Senegal - First gas is focused for 2022.

For more data visit the BP site.