EMAS AMC, the subsea division of EMAS, announced that it has clinched several global contracts, including one for rigid pipelay on the Aviat field development in the UK North Sea, under the auspices of the frame agreement the company signed with Apache in the North Sea. This brings the total contract value to more than USD 115M, including options, for the group.
The scope of work for the Aviat field development includes project management, detailed engineering, procurement and installation of 23.2km rigid pipelines and 24km umbilical via reel, flexible riser, spools and structures as well as pre-commissioning. In project execution, EMAS AMC will utilise its latest spoolbase, EMAS Marine Base Gulen, located on the West coast of Norway, to fabricate the 24km rigid pipeline, and its pipelay reel vessel, Lewek Express. The project mix also includes engineering and offshore support work in West Africa for an oil major, which will be undertaken together with EMAS Group subsidiary company, EMAS Offshore. Other subsea contract work includes ROV support services and High Voltage Alternate Current (HVAC) pull-ins.
In addition, EMAS Energy together with EMAS AMC will deploy the Lewek Centurion to undertake work in Asia, which includes subsea pipeline free span work, well plug and abandonments, slickline and nitrogen operations, well stimulation and pipeline pre-commissioning work for a variety of oil majors and national oil companies.