Technip Awarded Contracts by Norsk Hydro for Fram East and Vilje

Technip has been awarded two engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contracts by Norsk Hydro worth around EUR147 million (NOK 1.2 billion) combined, for tie-ins from Fram East field to Troll C and from Vilje to Alvheim, on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contracts include engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of sub sea umbilicals, risers and flowlines, tie-ins, manifold installation and sub sea equipment protection work.

The project management and engineering will be carried out by Technip Offshore Norge's office in Oslo. The flowlines will be fabricated at the Group's welding bases in Orkanger, Norway and Evanton, UK for Fram East and Vilje, respectively. Flexible pipes will be manufactured at Technip's Le Trait facility in France while the umbilicals will be manufactured by one of Technip's UK subsidiaries, Duco, based in Newcastle.

All offshore work will take place in summer 2006 using several vessels from Technip's fleet, including Apache, Wellservicer and Normand Pioneer.

Fram Øst is located 19 kilometres north of the Troll field at a sea depth of 360 meters. It will be a subsea installation with five oil producers and two wells for water injection tied up to the Troll C platform. Production start up is planned for October 2006.

Partners in the Fram licence:
Norsk Hydro Produksjon a.s (operator) 25%
Mobil Development Norway AS 25%
Statoil ASA 20%
Gaz de France Norge AS 15%
Idemitsu Petroleum Norge AS 15%

The Vilje field is located 20 kilometres north of the Heimdal field at a sea depth of 110 meters. It will be a subsea installation with two oil producers tied up to the Alvheim production installation 19 kilometers away. Production start up is planned for the first half of 2007.

Partners in the Vilje licence:
Norsk Hydro Produksjon a.s. (operator) 28.853%
Total E&P Norge AS 24.243%
Marathon Petroleum Norge AS 46.904%

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Posted 14/04/05

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