Subsea 7-Schlumberger consortium wins major contract offshore Turkey

- Project management/engineering for Sakarya gas field development will be managed from Subsea 7 office in Istanbul, Turkey

Subsea 7 confirmed the award of a major contract worth over $750 million by Turkish Petroleum for the Sakarya gas field development offshore Turkey in the Black Sea.

The company announced Friday that the contract was awarded to Subsea 7 and Schlumberger, as part of a consortium.
The integrated project scope of the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) contract will cover the subsurface solutions to onshore production, including completions, subsea production systems (SPS), subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) and an early production facility (EPF).

The scope of work comprises the EPCI of the subsea pipelines and associated equipment to connect the subsea wells in approximately 2,000 meters of water depth to the EPF.

The project also includes the provision and installation of infield flowlines, control umbilicals, tie-in connections, associated subsea equipment, 170 kilometers of gas export pipeline and monoethylene glycol injection pipeline to the EPF.

Project management and engineering have already commenced and will be managed from the Subsea 7 office in Istanbul, Turkey.

'Subsea 7 has a long track record of providing optimised solutions for deepwater developments and we are pleased to be working, through Subsea Integration Alliance, on this important project. Subsea 7 looks forward to building a long-term relationship with Turkish Petroleum and to making a significant contribution to the development and growth of the Turkish energy industry,' said John Evans, the chief executive officer of Subsea 7.

By Murat Temizer

Anadolu Agency

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