BP Awards Shah Deniz-2 Contract
The Shah Deniz consortium announced the award of a $1.5bn contract for the transport and installation of the deeper water subsea production systems for Shah Deniz Stage 2 to a consortium comprising BOS Shelf, Saipem Contracting and Star Gulf FZCO.
The scope of work is for the management and operation of the new-build subsea construction vessel (SCV) Khankendi for the transport and installation of the deeper water subsea production systems and subsea structures at all five flanks of the project, the operator of project BP said May 3.
BP’s Vice President for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 (SD2) Marine and Subsea programme Frank Wilson commented: “We are pleased to continue cooperation with our strategic offshore installation contractor and its major local consortium partners to progress the execute phase of the giant SD2".
The new flagship vessel Khankendi, which is under construction by Baku Shipyard, will provide essential support for the installation of the SD2 subsea structures – the biggest subsea production system ever built in the Caspian.
"The construction of the Khankendi is making excellent progress with the hull strips and bow block already integrated. This major contract award for the installation of subsea production systems underpins our commitment to deploy new advanced subsea production technology for the first time to the Caspian as part of the SD2 development.”
The contract scope is planned to be completed by the middle of 2022, with a five-year option to extend the contract to cover the installation of remaining trees, flying leads and jumpers at the East-South, East-North and West-South subsea flanks between 2022 and 2027. The scope also includes the reactivation of the pipe-lay Barge Israfil Huseinov and the second pipe-lay installation campaign of the deeper water flow-lines in 2019.
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Work on SD2 and South Caucasus Pipeline expansion (SCPX) projects continue to move forward with more than 70% of all first gas work across Azerbaijan and Georgia already complete in terms of engineering, procurement and construction, the report said. The project remains on schedule for the first gas in 2018.
SCPX is a part of the Southern Gas Corridor, which aims to deliver initially 16bn m3/yr of SD2 gas to Turkey (by 2018) and Europe by 2021. The total cost of the project, including the development of SD2, is about $45bn.
Azerbaijan Desk