bp has let a subsea pipeline and production system contract to Subsea7 SA for the Murlach development (formerly Skua field), 240 km east of Aberdeen in the UK North Sea.
Project work scope covers engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of subsea pipelines (SURF) and production systems (SPS). It includes the first deployment of OneSubsea's standard, configurable, vertical monobore tree system in the UK North Sea, which will be deployed via vessel to reduce drill rig days. OneSubsea will deliver two vertical monobore trees, a 2-slot manifold, and associated topside controls.
Subsea7 will install 8 km of rigid flowline and two flexible jumpers, along with associated subsea infrastructure. The new flowline will be tied back to the Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) development. Fabrication of the pipelines will take place at Subsea7's spoolbase at Vigra, Norway. Offshore operations are expected to be executed in 2025.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
