TAQA Bratani Ltd. a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) has awarded Technip an installation contract for the development of the Falcon field, which is located in the North Sea approximately 560 kilometres northeast of Aberdeen, in 160 metres of water.
The contract will include project management and engineering services, the installation of a 6” production flexible flowline and a 4” gas lift flexible flowline and the installation of a control umbilical and a subsea distribution unit, both free-issued.
Other work that the Fench engineering group will provide for the project are the removal and replacement of a flexible riser, trenching and backfilling of the flowlines and umbilical and pre-commissioning, tie-ins and testing.
Technip’s operating centre in Aberdeen, Scotland will execute the contract. The flowlines will be manufactured at the Group’s flexible pipe plant in Le Trait, France under a separate supply contract. Offshore installation, which will be carried out using Technip’s diving support vessel Orelia is scheduled to be completed in the second half of 2011.
Technip said that this award is a milestone as it is the first contract awarded by TAQA Bratani which is a fully integrated upstream exploration and production company working in the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS).
