Posco Daewoo Corp. has awarded the McDermott International, and Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), consortium a contract for phase two of the Shwe gas field development offshore Western Myanmar.
The engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) scope covers subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) as well as subsea production systems (SPS) for an eight-subsea-well development at a water depth of between 85 m (279 ft) and 142 m (466 ft), McDermott said in a news release. The contract also covers brownfield modifications to tie back the new subsea facilities to the existing Shwe platform.
McDermott said it will undertake the EPCIC of SURF and brownfield modification scopes in addition to executing the installation and commissioning phase. Installation of SURF and SPS components will be carried out using McDermott’s pipelay assets, including the Derrick Lay Vessel 2000. The company’s portion of the contract is valued at between US$50 million and $250 million.
BHGE will supply the SPS scope, which includes eight medium-water horizontal christmas trees, eight subsea production control systems and distribution equipment, and topside controls, according to the release.
The Posco Daewoo -operated Shwe field development consists of the Shwe, Shwe Phyu and Mya offshore gas fields in blocks A-1 and A-3 of the Bay of Bengal, Myanmar. Project partners include Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise, Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Videsh Ltd., Gas Authority of India and Korea Gas Corp.
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