Technip awarded subsea contract by Statoil in Norway

Technip has signed a lumpsum contract with Statoil for the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen (GRD) Marine Operations Pipelay and Subsea Installation project.

This project is an option to the Snøhvit CO₂ Solution project awarded in 2013.

The GRD project scope consists of a subsea tie-back to a new Wye piece on an existing pipeline close to the Gullfaks A platform. The GRD template will be located 190 km Northwest of Bergen, Norway.

This contract covers:

• Fabrication and installation of two sections of pipe-in-pipe, total length approximately 9.5 km, with a 13% chrome stainless steel production flowline.
• Installation and tie-ins of three spools and an 8.5 km umbilical.
• Installation of an approximately 280 t template and a 110 t manifold.

Technip’s operating centre in Oslo, Norway, will execute the project. Vessels from the company’s fleet will install the template in 2015. The flowline will be welded at Technip’s spoolbase in Orkanger, Norway, while the installation will be performed by the Apache II. First gas is planned for the second half of 2016.

Odd Strømsnes, Managing Director of Technip in Norway, stated: “We are very proud of this award, which builds on our unique track record in pipe-in-pipe.”

Adapted from press release by Katie Woodward

Read the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/contracts-and-tenders/28112014/technip-nets-gullfaks-contract-1898/