bp has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Subsea Integration Alliance aimed at developing a framework to enhance integrated subsea project performance. The agreement with the Alliance, which comprises Subsea7 and OneSubsea™, an SLB company, will combine the three companies’ skills, knowledge, and experience across a global portfolio of projects.
The agreement will combine bp’s experience in framing, building, and executing projects with the Alliance’s capability to deliver integrated subsea production systems (SPS) and subsea umbilical, riser, and flowline (SURF) systems. The team will work together, from concept development through the full field lifecycle to support project delivery through new ways of working and an innovative commercial model.
A new team will be formed to oversee and manage activities across the programme, with a focus on safety, quality, and subsea project performance.
The MoU was signed at an official ceremony in London, that was attended by Ewan Drummond; Olivier Blaringhem; Louise Jacobsen Plutt, bp’s SVP of procurement; Kristian Siem, Subsea7 Chairman; John Evans, Subsea7 CEO; Steve Gassen, SLB President of Production Systems, and Mads Hjelmeland, SLB Director of Subsea Production Systems.
