Nexans in Gullfaks umbilical win

Big win: Nexans scoops umbilical contract for Gullfaks C gas compression

French cable supplier Nexans has scooped a €16 million ($20 million) contract from Statoil to engineer and supply a 16.5-kilometre subsea power umbilical for the Norwegian operator's gas-compression project at its Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea.

The umbilical will connect the platform to subsea compression and processing equipment that will help increase pressure in the Brent reservoir of the Gullfaks South field in a bid to boost the platform's recovery rate from 62% to 74%.

The Nkr3 billion ($505 million) wet-gas compression project, which Statoil approved last month, is the Norwegian giant's second largest such venture in the North Sea after the Asgard subsea gas-compression project. Schlumberger unit Framo Engineering won a Nkr900 million contract to carry out engineering, procurement and construction and…

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