Technip
- News - July 12, 2005
TECHNIP AWARDED CONTRACT
FOR AGBAMI DEVELOPMENT
IN NIGERIA
Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited (an affiliate
of Chevron Corporation) has awarded Technip an
engineering, procurement, construction and installation
(EPCI) contract of approximately USD 800 million,
for the Agbami field development, located offshore
Nigeria in approximately 1,550m water depth. Other
partners in the Agbami development include Texaco
Nigeria Outer Shelf Inc. (an affiliate of the
Chevron Corporation), Petroleo Brasileiro Nigeria
Limited, Statoil Nigeria Limited, Famfa Oil Limited
and the NNPC.
This contract includes the installation of manifolds,
supplied by Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited,
and the design, manufacture and installation of
flexible flowlines (1), risers (2) and umbilicals
(3).
Technip’s engineering center in Paris (France)
will be in charge of the overall management of
the project. This center will also undertake the
engineering and design of the flowlines and associated
risers, which will be manufactured by Flexi France,
one of the Group’s flexible pipe plants,
located in Le Trait (France).
As part of Technip’s commitment to local
development, logistics and pre-commissioning services
will be sub-contracted to companies in Nigeria.
Furthermore, the Group will train Nigerian engineers
in offshore deepwater construction technology,
and Nigerian technicians in flexible flowline
termination.
The offshore installation campaign is anticipated
in two phases commencing mid-2007 with completion
during the second quarter of 2008. Installation
will involve several vessels from Technip’s
fleet.
(1) Flowline: flexible pipe laid on the seabed
for the transportation of production or injection
fluids.
(2) Riser: vertical flexible pipe connecting
the flowlines to the surface facility.
(3) Umbilical: assembly of hydraulic hoses, which
can also include electrical cables or optic fibers,
used to control a subsea structure or ROV from
a platform or a vessel.
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With a workforce of about 19,000 persons, Technip
ranks among the top five corporations in the field
of oil, gas and petrochemical engineering, construction
and services. Headquartered in Paris, the Group
is listed in New York and Paris. The Group’s
main engineering and business centers are located
in France, Italy, Germany, the UK, Norway, Finland,
the Netherlands, the USA, Brazil, Abu-Dhabi, China,
India, Malaysia and Australia. In support of its
activities, the Group manufactures flexible pipes
and umbilicals, and builds offshore platforms
in its manufacturing plants and fabrication yards
in France, Brazil, the UK, the USA, Finland and
Angola, and has a fleet of specialized vessels
for pipeline installation and subsea construction.
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Technip
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