Offshore staff
PARIS -- Bluewater Industries has contracted Duco to provide umbilicals for the Cheviot field development in the UK North Sea.
Duco’s scope covers engineering, project management, and fabrication of four static steel tube umbilicals, four dynamic thermoplastic umbilicals, and a thermoplastic subsea intervention valve umbilical, all with a total length of 12 km (7.4 mi). The umbilicals will control four drill centers from Cheviot’s semisubmersibleproduction platform.
In addition, Duco will supply the subsea distribution system, comprising umbilical termination assemblies, subsea distribution units, 64 hydraulic and electrical flying leads, and other equipment.
Cheviot, operated by ATP Oil & Gas (UK), is in block 2/10B in a water depth of 150 m (492 ft). The project also takes in development of the Peter and Eclat fields.
The company’s plant in Channelview, Texas, will manufacture the steel tube umbilicals and subsea distribution system, while the thermoplastic umbilicals will be manufactured in Newcastle, northeast England. The consignment is due for delivery in 2014.
3/29/2012
