EnerMech will deliver services to Shell contractor McDermott across a 115 km, 32-in. OD offshore pipeline including nitrogen testing and dewatering services.
Shell Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. contractor McDermott has let pipeline pre-commissioning contract to EnerMech for the Manatee gas development offshore Trinidad.
Shell Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. contractor McDermott has let pipeline pre-commissioning contract to EnerMech for Manatee gas field development.
EnerMech will deliver services across a 115 km, 32-in. OD offshore pipeline including nitrogen testing and dewatering services.
Manatee development will utilize a normally unattended installation platform in the area with eight development wells via the pipeline to the Shell-operated 3-bcfd onshore Beachfield gas processing plant, for shipment to Atlantic LNG and the National Gas Co. of Trinidad and Tobago for the domestic market.
The gas field is expected to begin production in 2027, and once online, reach peak production of 104,000 boe/d (604 MMscfd).
Shell is operator of Manatee with 100% working interest under the sub-Block 6D production sharing contract.
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).
