LLOG Exploration Offshore LLC has let a contract to Subsea 7 SA to serve as project manager for Salamanca development, which includes Leon and Castile fields, in the US Gulf of Mexico. The service provider values the contract at $50-150 million.
Contract scope includes the installation of three infield subsea pipeline systems, as well as the design and fabrication of subsea structures. Subsea development will consist of two pipeline systems for Leon field in Keathley Canyon 686, and one pipeline system for Castile field in Keathley Canyon 736. The infield pipelines will produce and flow from wellsite PLETs to the Salamanca floating production system (FPS) in water depths of 1,800-2,000 m.
The work scope also includes installation of oil and gas export pipelines which depart from the Salamanca FPS and tie into existing pipeline transport systems about 48 km away, the service provider said.
Project management and engineering will begin immediately at Subsea7’s office in Houston, Tex., with offshore activity expected to begin in 2024.