Under the contract, Subsea 7 will be responsible for developing a process of repair, including both equipment and contingency procedures, to support the Chevron-operated pipelines and Inpex’s Ichthys pipeline off the North and Northwest coasts of Australia.
These pipelines are located in water depths of up to 1,350m.
The contract also includes design, fabrication and procurement of repair equipment and development of repair methodologies and procedures that will be available throughout the operational life of Chevron and Inpex- operated assets.
Subsea 7 Life of Field vice-president Stephen Steele said: "This award reinforces our position at the forefront of intervention and repair technologies and showcases one of Subsea 7’s key capabilities in the area of Life of Field services."
Subsea 7 plans to commence project management, engineering and procurement immediately from its office in Perth, Australia. Work will be support by Subsea 7’s intervention and autonomous system specialists in Aberdeen.
The company expects to complete site integration testing by 2017.
