Technip lands contract for Gulf tiebacks

Ray Tyson

French engineering and construction firm Technip has been awarded a contract by Dominion for the Triton and Goldfinger fields sub-sea tiebacks in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Technip said Dec. 8.

The fields, in 5,600 feet of water on Mississippi Canyon blocks 728 and 772/771, will be tied back to the Devils Tower spar platform, the host processing facility.

The overall project will be carried out by Technip’s engineering office in Houston, which will provide project management, engineering, fabrication and installation services for riser, pipe-in-pipe flowline, end manifolds, insulation systems and spar interfaces.

First oil is expected by late 2005.

Dominion Exploration & Production, a subsidiary of Dominion, is operator and owns a 75 percent working interest in the Devils Tower platform, Triton and Goldfinger fields. Pioneer Natural Resources owns the remaining 25 percent interest in the project area.