TotalEnergies lets contract for Girassol project offshore Angola

TotalEnergies EP Angola has let a contract to TechnipFMC to install flexible pipe and associated subsea structures for the Girassol Life Extension project (GIR LIFEX) in deepwater offshore Angola.

TechnipFMC was awarded the engineering, procurement, and supply of subsea flowlines and connectors for GIR LIFEX last year. The company also built the subsea tree systems for the original Girassol development. As part of the new project, the flexible pipes are expected to extend the life of the field by bypassing the rigid pipe bundles installed before production began in December 2001.

The service provider values the contract at $75-250 million.

TotalEnergies is operator of producing Block 17 and its four major hubs (Girassol, Dalia, Pazflor, and CLOV). The block lies about 150 km off the Angolan coast in water depths of 600-1,400 m. Girassol field, discovered by then-TotalFinaElf in unconsolidated Miocene and Oligocene sands in 1996, was the first Block 17 deepwater field to produce.