Offshore services firm TechnipFMC has been awarded a large engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by Petrobras, on behalf of the Libra Consortium for the Mero 1 pre-salt field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil.
The work scope includes engineering, procurement, construction of all rigid lines, as well as the installation and pre-commissioning of all the infield riser and flowline system for interconnecting 13 wells to the FPSO. It also includes the installation of rigid pipelines, flexible risers and flowlines, steel tube umbilicals and other required subsea equipment.
Arnaud Piéton, president subsea at TechnipFMC, commented: “We are extremely honored to have been selected to execute this EPCI project for the Mero 1 pre-salt field in Brazil. We are looking forward to collaborating with the Libra Consortium in the development of this important project. TechnipFMC is a long-term partner of Petrobras, committed to deepwater and to helping Brazil develop its natural resources.”
TechnipFMC says the contract is valued at somewhere between $500m and $1bn.
Source:splash247
