Description:

• First commercial development in the hostile Atlantic Frontier. 14 subsea wells produce oil via a manifold, through rigid flowlines and 14 flexible risers into the vessel weather vane around a moored turret. Vessel has a storage capacity of 300,000 barrels and shuttle tankers visit approximately every three days.
  

Innovation:

• Open management and mutual business goals, e.g. subsea alliance involving all major suppliers, shared risks and rewards
• Fast track schedule, 3.5 years from discovery to first oil
• Parallel engineering, field appraisal and design work carried out simultaneously

Scope:

• Alliance contract, with J. Ray McDermott responsible for project management, design, engineering, procurement and installation of total subsea system (trees, flowlines, risers, etc.) as well as design, procurement and supervision of hook-up & commissioning of the 95,000 bopd topsides and turret.

Technology:

• DMaC diverless connectors
• Reel lay of rigid flowlines by Norlift
• Weather vane turret