EMAS completes GoM umbilical installation for Shell

May 19, 2011
EMAS AMC has completed installation of 38 km (23.6 mi) of umbilical for Shell in the Gulf of Mexico.

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