Strohm wins further order for TCP jumpers offshore Guyana

Offshore staff

IJMUIDEN, the Netherlands — ExxonMobil Guyana has contracted Strohm to supply a thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) for the newly approved Whiptail project offshore Guyana.

It is Strohm’s single largest pipe supply order to date and will be used for water and gas injection.

The company will supply the consignment to ExxonMobil in a single, continuous length, with associated pipehandling equipment. The concept will allow the project’s 24 jumpers to be cut to the desired length, terminated and tested on site in Guyana.

The jumpers, made from carbon fiber and PA12 polymer, will be installed in water depths of more than 1,600 m and will operate at about 10,000 psi.

It follows orders from ExxonMobil for the Yellowtail and Uaru developments, also in the Stabroek Block (in total more than 70 jumpers).

According to Gavin Leiper, Strohm’s vice president Americas & Global Field Services Group, the company will now be terminating TCP and supporting ExxonMobil Guyana for the next five years under its field service group contract. 

ExxonMobil has secured several other Whiptail contracts this past week:

• TechnipFMC will provide project management, engineering and manufacturing to deliver 48 subsea trees and associated tooling, as well as 12 manifolds and associated controls and tie-in equipment;
• Saipem’s scope of work entails the detailed engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of a subsea production facility. The company will dispatch its FDS2, Castorone and Constellation vessels for the offshore installation; and
• SBM Offshore will construct and install FPSO Jaguar. SBM Offshore expects to operate the FPSO for 10 years under an operations and maintenance agreement signed in 2023.

04.16.2024