The first contract in Egypt was awarded by the Burullus Gas Company for the subsea development of the Sequoia field, which straddles both the Rosetta and West Delta deep marine concessions, located offshore from the Nile River Delta, about 130km northeast of Alexandria, Egypt.
The contract encompasses the engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of the subsea development system of the Sequoia field in water depths ranging from between 70m and 570m, and of a new 22-inch export pipeline.
The marine activities will be carried out mainly by Saipem’s highly-specialized FDS vessel and will use the J-lay and S-lay installation methods to match the complexity of the operational environment, including both shallow and deep waters. The work will be completed in the second half of 2009.
The second contract, awarded by Total E&P Angola, is for the Block-17 gas export project which exports gas to the Block-2 area for injection into two oil depleted reservoirs located off the Angolan shore, about 230km northwest of Luanda, Angola.
Saipem’s scope of work includes the engineering, procurement, fabrication, transportation and installation of a new injection platform weighing a total of 1,500 tons, at a water depth of 38m in the Block-2 area. The marine activities will be carried out by the Saipem 3000 vessel in the second half of 2009.
