Subsea work offshore Abu Dhabi awarded by Zakum Development

Offshore staff

PARIS –Zakum Development Co. has awarded a contract to the consortium of Technip (Paris:TEC) and National Petroleum Construction Co. for engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and start-up of the Upper Zakum 750K project offshore Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The scope of work includes 240 km of seabed pipeline in sizes from 6 in. to 42 in., 128 km of subsea composite and fiber-optic cables, almost 30,000 tons of offshore structures including jackets, riser platforms, flare towers and bridges, plus the initial production facilities for temporary well connections.

The project is scheduled for completion in 3Q 2015.

Technip already has won thefront-end engineering and design on the project. NPCC also won an earlier award for work elsewhere in the Zakum complex.

8/02/2012