Energean considers buoyant tower for next phase of Prinos offshore Greece
April 16, 2015
GMC has completed basic design for a self-installing buoyant tower for Energean Oil and Gas’ Prinos field development offshore western Greece.
GMC's self-installing buoyant tower for Prinos field
Offshore staff
READING, UK – GMC has completed basic design for a self-installing buoyant tower for Energean Oil and Gas’ Prinos field development offshore western Greece.
The design brief involved extending the life of the existing Prinos infrastructure, and determining a flexible solution for expansion of the development.
GMC assessed the field’s existing wellhead platform (Prinos Alpha), and recommended reinforcement measures to accommodate drilling usingEnergean’s newly acquired tender-assist rig Energean Force (ex-Glen Esk).
The solution made use of the local supply chain and workforce to deliver the platform modifications.
For the greenfield program, the company developed a full-field plan to connect a reconfigured and re-designed buoyant tower to the existing offshore processing facility (Prinos Delta), including j-tube and riser retrofits.
The design permits local fabrication and installation without the need for heavy-lift vessels, using locally available marine assets.
