Gene Kliewer • Houston
Shell taps Dril-Quip for Olympus TLP
Dril-Quip Inc. has won a contract valued at $27 million from Shell Offshore Inc. to supply drilling and production equipment for the Olympus Tension Leg Platform (TLP) to be installed in the Mars field in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico. The Olympus TLP is part of the Mars B Project.
Dril-Quip will provide subsea wellhead equipment, production riser tieback connectors and drilling riser components for the Olympus TLP.
Foster Wheeler wins Cardon contract
Cardon IV SA has contracted Foster Wheeler AG for pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) and FEED for production facilities at Perla field in the Gulf of Venezuela. The new facilities are to consist of offshore structures, trees, controls, offshore processing, subsea flowlines, export pipelines, the shore approach and utilities facilities from the wellheads to an onshore gas plant, and tie-in to an existing gas and condensate pipeline system.
Cardon IV S.A is a joint venture company owned by Eni Venezuela B.V and Repsol YPF Venezuela Gas, S.A.
Total contracts FMC for CLOV development
Total Exploration & Production Angola has a $520-million order into FMC Technologies for subsea production equipment for the CLOV development. FMC is to manufacture 36 subsea trees, wellheads, and controls, as well as eight manifolds, two workover systems, and related tools and equipment. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 1Q 2012.
The West Disivion of Hallin Marine Subsea International Ltd. got a contract immediately upon taking delivery of itsUllswater purpose-built subsea operations vessel, on a saturation diving project for Acergy offshore Angola. The three-month contract is to supply support for the Angola liquefied natural gas pipeline network and Total E&P Block 17.
CLOV consists of the Cravo, Lirio, Orquidea, and Violeta discoveries in approximately 4,500 ft (1,370 m) of water in block 17 offshore Angola. Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola (Sonangol) is the concessionaire. In addition to Total E&P Angola, other partners include Statoil Angola Block 17 A.S., Esso Exploration Angola (Block 17) Ltd., BP Exploration (Angola) Ltd., and Norsk Hydro Dezassete A.S.
FMC says the following work related to the project will be done in Angola:
- Fabrication, assembly, and testing of 36 wellhead systems and 19 subsea trees
- Manufacture of seven complete manifold systems
- Critical equipment testing, offshore installation support, and equipment refurbishment
- Additional recruiting and training of onshore and offshore personnel
- Investment in local facilities.
In related subsea production equipment news, FMC also has a $75-million contract from Statoil for the manufacture and supply of subsea equipment for the Katla development in the North Sea. Katla, in 310 ft (95 m) of water, is on a fasttrack development schedule and will be based on standard subsea equipment designed for Statoil by FMC.
The agreement calls for manufacture of three subsea trees, one manifold, and associated subsea and topside control systems. The hardware will be manufactured and assembled in Dunfermline, Scotland, and Kongsberg, Norway, with deliveries to start 2Q 2011.
MWCC to get subsea containment equipment from BP
The Marine Well Containment Co. (MWCC) has agreed with BP to provide underwater well containment equipment to MWCC as part of BP’s intent to join the group. As part of the agreement, BP equipment will be available to all oil and gas companies operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell are establishing the MWCC to provide emergency response services in the US Gulf of Mexico.
“We are pleased to provide the experience and specialized equipment needed to respond to a deepwater well control incident and intend to join the Marine Well Containment Co.,” said Richard Morrison, BP vice president for Gulf of Mexico operations. “We believe the addition of our recently gained deepwater intervention experience and specialized equipment will be important to the marine well containment system.”
HP/HT production, fluids management research funding open by ITF
The Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) is accepting proposals for research into high-pressure/high-temperature production and produced fluids management through the end of this month. Developers, research institutions, and academia are invited to offer ideas to fill specific technology gaps.
HP/HT prospects are categorized as wells operating at pressures in the region of 10-15,000 psi; extreme high pressures from 15-20,000 psi; and ultra high pressures from 20-30,000 psi. On the temperature scale, high temperature developments are considered to be between 300-350° F; extreme temperatures are approximately 350-400° F; and ultra high on the scale of 400-500° F.
Working on behalf of its member companies, ITF calls for proposals to broadly tackle seven specific HP/HT technology areas:
- 1. Alternatives to alloy steels (liners/coatings)
- 2. Reliable downhole permanent monitoring systems
- 3. Downhole chemical injection systems
- 4. Extending well life in HP/HT fields suffering from depletion driven compaction
- 5. Improved elastomer technology
- 6. MWD/LWD and wireline; increase sensor reliability, robustness, and temperature/pressure rating and wellbore strengthening
- 7. Steering capability in HP/HT fields.
The main issues identified within the theme of produced fluids management that form the basis for the call for proposals consist of:
- Produced water management
- Produced sand management
- Process control and design
- Subsea separation.
Full details of the call can be found on ITF’s website, where developers can also register their interest,www.oil-itf.com.
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