Shell lets contract for Great White Frio development

Shell Exploration & Production Co. has let subsea umbilical and flowline installation contract to McDermott International Inc. for the Great White Frio development in Alaminos Canyon Block 857 in the Gulf of Mexico.

The project’s scope includes project management and engineering; installation of a flexible flowline from the well to a pipeline end termination; installation of one 2,000-ft steel flying lead; and installation of two electrical flying leads (EFLs) in 8,000 ft of water. Project management and engineering are to be performed in Houston with offshore installation targeted for completion in mid-2019.

The Shell Offshore Inc.-operated Great White development is a deepwater oil and gas project that has unlocked a frontier of energy development in the gulf’s Lower Tertiary Paleogene formation. The Shell-operated Perdido Regional Host production hub, which saw first production in 2011, processes oil and gas from Silvertip, Great White, and Tobago fields. The Perdido Host has the capacity to handle 100,000 bbl of oil and 200 MMcfd of gas.