The contract covers the welding and installation of a 9km long rigid steel flowline to connect the Snorre A and B platforms. It also includes installation and tie-in of the flexible risers required to connect the flowline to the platforms.
This contract will be executed by Technip’s operating center in Oslo, Norway. The flowline will be welded at the company’s Spoolbase in Orkanger.
Risers installation is scheduled for the summer of 2011, while flowline installation, to be performed by the new pipelay vessel from Technip fleet Apache II, will be done in the first half of 2012, followed by the tie-in operations.
Headquartered in Paris, Technip provides project management, engineering and construction services for the oil and gas industry.