Technip’s wholly-owned subsidiary Technip Umbilicals Ltd. has been awarded a contract by Statoil ASA to supply the umbilical to the Oseberg Vestflanken-2 field offshore Norway. The field is located 8 km northwest of the Oseberg field center at block 30/9-30/6 on the Norwegian continental shelf, at water depths of 100 m.
The contract covers project management, engineering and manufacture of over 9 km of static steel tube umbilical. The umbilical includes a large bore integrated service line and multiple power cables.
Technip Umbilicals’ facility in Newcastle, U.K., will manufacture the project, which is scheduled to be completed during the first half of 2017.
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