The contract includes the engineering, procurement, manufacturing and supply of 90km of risers and flowlines for water injection, oil production, gas lift and carbon dioxide (CO2) reinjection.
The key challenges of this project are due to the water depth, and the large CO2 and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) content in the produced fluid. A new riser monitoring system, using distributed temperature sensor (DTS) technology, has been developed for this application and will be incorporated in the flexible pipes.
Technip’s operating center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will execute this contract. The flexible pipes will be manufactured at the Technip’s plant in Vitoria, Brazil, with the support of the plant in Le Trait, France. Delivery of the pipes is scheduled to start towards the end of 2010 and finish at the end of 2012.
