Royal Dutch Shell PLC has let an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract to Subsea 7 for flow and control systems in its redevelopment of Penguins oil and gas field 150 miles northeast of the Shetland Islands (OGJ Online, Jan. 15, 2018).
The contract covers two pipeline bundles containing pipe-in-pipe flowlines, gas-lift flowlines, and control systems. It also includes fabrication of a 9-km, 16-in. gas-export pipeline, flexible riser system, dynamic umbilical riser system, and subsea tie-ins.
Subsea 7 said the offshore work will occur in 2020 and 2021.
Shell, the operator, and 50-50 partner ExxonMobil Corp. are replacing the Brent Charlie platform with a circular floating production, storage, and offloading vessel able to handle production of 45,000 boe/d of oil and natural gas. Water depth is 540 ft.
