Murphy Exploration and Production Co. – USA, a unit of Murphy Oil Corp., has let a contract to Subsea 7 for subsea installation services related to its deepwater Gulf of Mexico Khaleesi-Mormont and Samurai field developments tying back to the King’s Quay semi-submersible. The King’s Quay host facility lies 175 miles south of New Orleans in the Green Canyon area (OGJ Online, Dec. 12, 2019).
The contract, valued at $150-300 million by Subsea 7, covers the tie back of seven subsea wells to the King’s Quay host facility. The project scope includes engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning of all subsea equipment including PLETs, PLEMs, umbilicals, and distribution hardware, production and export flowlines and jumpers, as well as the wet tow in the Gulf of Mexico to the fields and mooring system installation of the semi-submersible FPS.
Project management and engineering will begin immediately at Subsea 7’s offices in Houston, Tex. Fabrication of flowlines and risers will take place at Subsea 7’s spoolbase in Ingleside, Tex., with offshore operations occurring in 2021.