Offshore staff
LONDON – TechnipFMC has installed the subsea manifold and umbilical for the Seagull gas/condensate tieback to the ETAP complex in the UK central North Sea.
The company, as part of the Neptune Energy Alliance Agreement, performed construction activities from the construction support vessel Deep Star.
These included installation of the 350-metric ton (386-ton) manifold, pull-in and installation of the 17-km (10.6-mi) control umbilical between the bp-operated ETAP central processing platform and manifold, and installation of a wye structure.
Sarah Cridland, vice president Subsea Projects & Commercial - UK, Mediterranean & Caspian, TechnipFMC, said her company’s integrated project model, iEPCI helped to deliver improved project economics.”
Seagull, operated by Neptune Energy, is an HP/HT development in block 22/29C, producing through the four-slot manifold to ETAP. Estimated reserves are up to 50 MMboe.
The project involved re-use of the Egret manifold tie-in point on the Heron cluster pipeline system and wash water line.
Other partners are bp and JAPEX.
11/26/2021
