TechnipFMC has been awarded a major integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract by Shell for its Dover development in the Gulf of Mexico.
TechnipFMC said it would supply the subsea tree systems in addition to engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the umbilical, riser and flowline systems.
The Dover development will tie into the Appomattox platform, where TechnipFMC previously supplied and installed the subsea production systems. To commemorate this, TechnipFMC delivered the upgraded vertical deepwater trees, subsea manifolds, overhead controls, a control system and a distribution system for the Appomattox field.
The Dover discovery, owned 100% by Shell, was made in 2018 in the Mississippi Canyon, about 170 miles southeast of New Orleans, in about 7,500 feet of water.
“Dover represents a continuation of our decades-long relationship with Shell. We look forward to helping expand production in this prolific basin,” said Jonathan Landes, TechnipFMC’s President Subsea.
It’s worth noting that TechnipFMC considers a major contract between $75 million and $250 million.
Shell announced the final investment decision for Dover in March this year. It will be a subsea link to the Shell-operated Appomattox production center in the US Gulf of Mexico, with two production wells produced through a 17.5-mile flowline and standpipe. Dover is expected to begin production in late 2024 and early 2025 and produce up to 21,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day at peak rates.
The company said at the time that the investment in Dover underscored Shell’s long-term commitment to the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, where production has the world’s lowest greenhouse gas intensity to produce oil.
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