Offshore Staff
(US,GoM)-Chevron has awarded Technip an EPC contract to supply a spar hull and mooring system, and topside modules for installation on the Chevron-operated Tahiti field.
The Tahiti field is located in Green Canyon blocks 596, 597, 640 and 641 in 4,200 ft of water, approximately 190 mi southwest of New Orleans.
The Tahiti facility will be equipped with capacity to produce 125,000 b/d, 70 MMcf/d and 120 b/d of water. The topsides facility will be comprised of a 9,950-ton production module, 6,500-ton utility module and a 2,500-ton module support frame. The spar's 26,455-ton hull will measure approximately 558 ft long by 128 ft wide.
The hull and moorings' detailed design, procurement and fabrication will be carried out by Technip's yard in Pori, Finland. The fabrication of the floater's topsides by Gulf Marine Fabricators' yard in Corpus Christi, Texas, is scheduled to begin in Q4 2005.
Delivery of the spar's hull and fabrication of the topsides is scheduled for completion in mid-2007.
09/15/05
