Petrofac to modify North Sea floater for Vorlich tieback

Dec. 18, 2018
Ithaca Energy (UK) has awarded Petrofac’s Engineering and Production Services business a $10-million construction and commissioning contract for work in the UK central North Sea.

Offshore staff

ABERDEEN, UKIthaca Energy (UK) has awarded Petrofac’s Engineering and Production Services business a $10-million construction and commissioning contract for work in the UK central North Sea.

Petrofac will be responsible for topsides construction and commissioning works on the Ithaca-operatedFPF-1 floating production semisubmersible, which serves the Greater Stella Area fields, for the tieback of BP’s Vorlich subsea development.

As Duty Holder of theFPF-1, the contractor will integrate its operations and construction teams in support of the work scope, which is due to start in January and finish in 2020.

12/18/2018