Total Gabon has awarded Bourbon its first pipelay contract as part of the Hylia water injection project, according to a news release.

Bourbon will provide the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of 25 km (16 miles) of 6-in. rigid pipeline. The project will utilize Zap-Lok technology. Bourbon said it is using subcontractors—including Cortez Subsea for pipelay equipment and Wood Group for the pipeline design and pipelay engineering—to execute the contract.

Operations are scheduled to start in second-quarter 2017 offshore Gabon utilizing a multipurpose supply vessel from the Bourbon Evolution 800 series, the release said. ROV services and a platform supply vessel, provided by Bourbon, will also support survey and air diving operations for spool and riser installation.