Subsea 7 has been awarded its largest UK engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) services contract, by Premier Oil.
The contract, worth more than US$460 million, will be for work on Premier Oil's Catcher Area development, 180km east of Aberdeen in central North Sea Block 28/9.
The contract covers the provision of project management, engineering, procurement, construction, fabrication and installation of Catcher’s subsea facilities.
Images: Susbea 7's Seven Navica by Scott Cameron, from Subsea 7, and (below) the Catcher FPSO, from Aibel.
The scope includes three pipeline Bundles incorporating Butting BuBi mechanically lined pipe, a riser system for the Catcher floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, and installation of a 10in., 60km gas export/import pipeline.
Subsea 7’s office in Aberdeen will undertake the engineering and project management scope, with fabrication work to take place at the Company’s Wick and Leith facilities. ƶijϻ activities using a number of Subsea 7's vessels will start in 2015.
