Technip Awarded Offshore Contract In The United Arab Emirates

Technip was awarded an engineering services contract by ZADCO*  for  the UZ 750 project,  one  of  the  major  offshore  field  development  projects  in  the  United  Arab Emirates.  The  project  aims  at  increasing  by  2015  the  oil  production  of  the  Upper Zakum  field  (located  in  the  Gulf,  84  kilometers  offshore  Abu  Dhabi)  to  750,000 barrels of oil per day and to sustain this production target for at least 25 years.
 
The contract covers:

·  front-end engineering design  for process units on  four artificial  islands,  including gas separation, gas lift compression, booster gas compression, as well as power generation,  utilities,  interconnecting  pipelines  and  modification  of  existing facilities,

·  procurement services for long lead items.
 
This  contract  follows  the  conceptual  engineering,  which  has  been  successfully completed by Technip. Front-end engineering design  is scheduled  to be completed by the second semester of 2011. It will be executed by Technip’s operating center in Abu Dhabi, as a new milestone in its continued support to Middle East clients in the early phases of their developments.

Source: Technip