Technip was awarded a large engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPCI) contract for the Kraken development located in the North Sea, 400km north-east of Aberdeen and 130km East of Shetland, at a water depth of approximately 120m, by EnQuest earlier this year.
The contract covers various project management engineering and installation works. This includes the fabrication and pipelay of approximately 50km of rigid pipe – 25km of metallurgically clad pipe and 25km of HDPE lined pipe. It also covers the installation of three umbilicals totalling 14km, and 7km of flexible risers and jumpers. In addition, it includes template and manifold installation at three drill centres, and diverless tie-ins to pipelines and manifolds. It will also provide pipeline flooding, hydro testing and leak testing.
Technip’s operating centre in Aberdeen, UK, will execute the contract. The Group’s spoolbase in Evanton, UK, will weld and load-out the rigid pipe and Technip Umbilicals, Technip’s wholly owned subsidiary in Newcastle, UK, will manufacture the umbilical. All construction work on the project will be undertaken via diverless construction methods.
A number of vessels from the Technip fleet will be utilised for the offshore campaign, including Technip’s Deep Energy, one of the largest pipelay vessels ever built.