UTEC, an offshore energy studies company, has won a study contract in Mozambique to support Eni’s Coral Sul FLNG ultra-deepwater development.
Under the contract, awarded by oilfield services giant TechnipFMC, UTEC will be responsible for pre-commissioning surveys; installation and calibration of long baselines; survey and positioning support; installation support for manifold foundation piles, manifolds, mooring piles, flexible lines, umbilicals, wellhead jumpers and flying cables; pre-commissioning operations surveys; and lifting and as-built surveys.
UTEC, will begin its survey work in April 2021. The company did not share financial details of the deal.
Coral-Sul FLNG, which will be located about 50 km off the coast of Mozambique, will operate in 2000 meters of water depth in the Coral field, which is located in the southern part of Area 4 in the Rovuma Basin, making the unit the first of its kind to operate in ultra-deep water.
Eni is the operator of the Coral South Project on behalf of the Area 4 partners, namely Mozambique Rovuma Venture (MRV, a joint venture consisting of Eni, ExxonMobil and CNPC), Galp, KOGAS and Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos E.P.
The Coral field development is based on six ultra-deepwater wells that feed the Coral-Sul FLNG. The Coral field has approximately 16 trillion cubic feet of gas in place and was discovered by Eni in May 2012.
The FLNG is being built by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, in cooperation with TechnipFMC and JGC Corp.
In November 2020, Eni reported that the last of the 13 topside modules had been lifted and installed aboard the Mozambican unit.
In terms of construction progress, Technip Energies, a recently created TechnipFMC spinoff company, said through the media that the TJS consortium has recently finished raising the flare boom for the Coral South FLNG project, with the height of the structure being 170 meters.
The Coral South FLNG unit is expected to break ground this year, with gas production expected to begin in 2022.
