Heerema Fabrication Group’s Hartlepool yard in the U.K. has been awarded the procurement and construction contract for the Culzean wellhead platform (WHP) jacket, wellhead access deck and access ways for client Maersk Oil North Sea U.K. Ltd., operator of the Culzean Field in the North Sea, a news release said.
Culzean is an ultra-HP/HT development field. The jacket for the WHP is the first to be constructed and installed in range of the Culzean Field and will be approximately 114 m (374 ft) tall with a footprint of 31x31 m (102x102 ft) and a top of 22x22 m (72x72 ft), the release said. The wellhead access deck and access ways will be fabricated in Hartlepool, with the WHP jacket and piles being built at Heerema’s yard in Vlissingen. The total expected scope of the Culzean project for execution at HFG’s yards will represent approximately 7,100 tons fabrication work.
Construction is due to start in January 2015 for completion in March 2016.
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