Cables

French company Nexans has secured a €90m contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to supply high-voltage power cables and infield cables for the new offshore super complex serving Abu Dhabi’s Nasr oilfield.

The field is located 130km north-west of Abu Dhabi City in UAE.

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HHI is the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the second package of Nasr full field development project.

Under the contract, HHI is performing engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning work for the complex.

Services include separate platforms for gas treatment, separation, and accommodation platform; as well as installation of subsea power and infield cables.

"The existing manifold tower and two wellhead towers will be modified and work will be carried out for power distribution facilities from the existing Das Island in the Persian Gulf."

As part of the project, the existing manifold tower and two wellhead towers will be modified and work will be carried out for power distribution facilities from the existing Das Island in the Persian Gulf.

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For the Nasr project, Nexans is supplying 132kV XLPE insulated three-core subsea power cable incorporating three fibre-optic elements to HHI, along with 11kV XLPE insulated three-core infield cables, which also feature three fibre-optic elements.

Nexans’s facility located in Halden Norway will manufacture the Nasr cables.

Nexans high-voltage and underwater cables senior executive vice-president Dirk Steinbrink said: "Winning this very significant order for the Nasr project continues our current growth in subseas power cable projects.

"It also demonstrates the broad scope of our offering for the oil and gas industry with high technology power cables and umbilicals."


Image: Nexans will supply HHI with 132kV XLPE insulated three-core subsea power cable and 11kV XLPE insulated three-core infield cables for the project. Photo: © Nexans.