The contract value is in excess of $300m. The project consists in the expansion of the WDDM facilities, located 95km offshore Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea.
Technip’s scope of the contract covers: design, supply and installation of three production manifolds and three subsea distribution assemblies; engineering, welding and installation of approximately 67km of rigid production flowlines; and engineering, fabrication and installation of approximately 88km of umbilicals, 12km of flexible flowlines and three flexible jumpers.
The company’s scope also includes connection of the flowlines and umbilicals to the wellheads and subsea manifolds; and pre-commissioning of the entire system and support to the client for commissioning and start-up activities.
Technip’s operating center in Paris will execute this contract with assistance from Genesis in London, UK, and the group’s team in Cairo, Egypt. The umbilicals will be fabricated by Duco, Technip’s subsidiary in Newcastle, UK, and the flexible pipes will be manufactured at the group’s plant in Le Trait, France. The offshore campaign is scheduled to commence in the second quarter of 2011.
Burullus Gas is a joint operating company of Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (50%), BG Group (25%) and Petronas (25%), conducting oil and gas operations on behalf of the WDDM partners.
