BOURBON’s first pipelay contract was awarded by Total Gabon for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of 25 km of 6 inch rigid pipeline as part of the Hylia Water Injection Project using Zap-Lok® technology.
For the execution of this contract, BOURBON is subcontracting key suppliers, mainly Cortez Subsea, for pipelay equipment, and Wood Group for the pipeline design and pipelay engineering. Operations are scheduled to start in Q2 2017 offshore Gabon with an MPSV from the Bourbon Evolution 800 series. ROV services and a PSV, all provided by BOURBON, will also support survey and air diving operations for spool and riser installation.