Offshore staff
SYDNEY, Australia – Total E&P USA has awarded Worley a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for the North Platte field development in the Gulf of Mexico.
Located about 275 km (171 mi) off the coast of Louisiana, the North Platte field development includes a semisubmersible floating production unit (FPU) in more than 1,300 m (4,265 ft) of water.
The project brings together Worley’s recently acquired capability for the FPU topsides design with Intecsea’s experience for the design of the hull, mooring, and subsea pipelines. Now under one roof, Worley’s expanded capability to deliver flexible FPU designs with capital efficiency and minimal time to market proved a key contributor to this award, the company said.
The FEED component of the project is being led by the company’s Houston office with support from its Hyderabad office in India.
The company completed the pre-FEED phase in August 2019.
North Platte requires the use of 20,000 psi technologies. The field development plan is based on eight subsea wells and two subsea drilling bases connected via two production loops to a newbuild, lightweight FPU. Production will be exported through existing oil and gas subsea networks. Oil production is expected to average 75,000 b/d at plateau level.
Total expects to make its final investment decision in 2021.
Total operates North Platte with a 60% working interest, alongside Equinor with 40%
01/23/2020
