The
contract
was
awarded
to
Technips
wholly-owned
subsidiary,
Duco,
by
Houston-based
contractor
Bluewater
Industries
which
is
in
charge
of
the
platform
development.
Technip
said
the
scope
of
the
contract
included
the
engineering,
project
management
and
fabrication
of
four
static
steel
tube
umbilicals,
four
dynamic
thermoplastic
umbilicals
and
a
thermoplastic
subsea
intervention
valve
umbilical.
The
steel
tube
umbilicals
will
be
manufactured
at
Duco’s
facility
in
Channelview,
Houston,
while
the
thermoplastic
umbilicals
will
be
made
at
Duco’s
Newcastle
facility
in
the
UK.
The
umbilicals,
which
will
total
12
kilometres
in
length,
will
control
four
drill
centres…
