Technip wins North Sea frame agreement

Offshore Staff

PARIS -- Oilexco North Sea has awarded Technip a frame agreement for subsea services in the UK North Sea. Under the terms of the $290-million contract, Technip will provide these services for the next three years with an option for an additional period.

Technip's operating center in Aberdeen, Scotland, and Genesis Engineering Consultancy, the group's consultancy and engineering company, will execute these services, which could include conceptual engineering, project management, procurement, construction, installation, provision of diving support, trenching support and umbilical installation vessels, inspection, repair, and maintenance.

The first project undertaken as part of the frame agreement will be the Shelley field development, located in the central North Sea. For this project, Technip will execute the engineering, installation and commissioning of pipelines, a control umbilical and jumpers, flexible risers, a subsea manifold, and attendant flowline.

05/14/2008