Nexen awards Technip contract for Golden Eagle development in North Sea

Nexen Petroleum has awarded Technip a lump sum contract worth approximately €135 million (US$173 million) for the Golden Eagle development, located 110 kilometres north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland, in 115 metres of water. 

The contract is the largest ever awarded to Technip for a project in the UK Continental Shelf and features the reeling of mechanically lined pipe, which provides a cost effective alternative for high temperature, highly corrosive materials. The contract covers the engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of:

• 2 export, 1 production, 1 mechanically lined water injection and 1 gas lift flowlines.
• 1 main umbilical and 2 subsea isolation valve umbilicals.
• subsea equipments.
• trenching and backfilling of all flowlines and umbilicals.
• tie-ins, protection, pre-commissioning and commissioning support.

Technip's operating centre in Aberdeen, Scotland will execute the project, which is scheduled to be completed in the second half of 2014. Genesis, Technip's consultancy subsea and offshore engineering company, will complete the detailed design workscope. The flowlines will be manufactured at Technip's flexible pipe plant in Le Trait, France. The group's umbilical manufacturer in Newcastle, UK, Duco, will provide the umbilicals and vessels from the Technip fleet will be used for the offshore campaign, including 'Apache II' and 'Orelia'. 

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