Stavanger, Norway-based Ocean Installer has landed a subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines project in the Al Jurf oil field offshore Libya, the company said on June 20.
The work involves replacing a flexible flowline between a fixed drilling and production platform and an FPSO unit, the Farwha, for Mabruk Oil Operations, a joint venture (JV) company that comprises Total E&P and the National Oil Corp. of Libya.
“We are very happy with this award and the opportunity to continue to develop our solid working relationship with Total E&P, or as in this case a Total E&P Joint Venture, further,” Steinar Riise, CEO of Ocean Installer, said in a statement. “The award also contributes to strengthen our foothold in the Mediterranean, proving our strategy of continued geographical expansion successful.”
Onshore engineering will start immediately, with Ocean Installer’s teams in its Stavanger and Aberdeen offices managing the project in tandem with Mabruk. Mobilization and offshore operations are scheduled for the third and fourth quarters of 2017.
Al Jurf, which came onstream in 2003, is about 150 km (93 miles) northwest of Tripoli, Libya, in depths of about 85 m (279 ft). It is operated by Mabruk.
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