BP has awarded a contract to Bibby Offshore to replace subsea infrastructure in the central North Sea, UK.
Under the contract, Bibby will provide dive support and construction support vessels from its global fleet for BP’s $1bn Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) Life Extension Project. Work under the project will start in April 2016.
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ETAP consists of nine oil and gas reservoirs.
Six of the fields, the Marnock, Mungo, Monan, Machar, Mirren and Madoes are operated by BP, with Shell operating the remaining three of the Heron, Egret and Skua.
BP’s ETAP Life Extension Project will ensure that the fields continue to operate beyond 2030.
Bibby Offshore will install new subsea control system infrastructure to safeguard power and communication links to the project’s Machar, Madoes and Mirren fields located 150 miles east of Aberdeen.
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By GlobalDataThrough its fleet, the company will deliver umbilical installation, trenching, structure installation and commissioning services.
Bibby Offshore chief executive Howard Woodcook said: "This is a significant contract win for Bibby Offshore, and we are delighted to be working with BP again, having previously undertaken subsea intervention work for BP in 2014.
"The contract award as part of this high-profile life extension project highlights our wide range of subsea services and affirms our capability to consistently and successfully deliver complex and challenging projects for our clients."
Image: Bibby Offshore personnel on vessel deck. Photo: courtesy of thinkPR.co.uk/Bibby Offshore.
