EMAS completes GoM umbilical installation for Shell
Offshore staff
SINGAPORE – EMAS AMC has completed installation of 38 km (23.6 mi) of umbilical for Shell in the Gulf of Mexico.
The 80 mm (≈ 3 in) electro-hydraulic umbilical connects Popeye field in Green Canyon block 116 to the Cougar platform in Sough Timablier block 300. Water depth at GC 116 is 616 m (2,021 ft) and 110 m (361 ft) at Cougar.
EMAS says this was the first project to use a new 150 metric ton flexible deployment system on the BOA Sub C. The system is designed to lay flexible piping and umbilicals in depths to 3,000 m (9,842 ft).
05/19/2011