Saipem reports that it has been awarded a subsea contract by ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited for the proposed Payara development project, located in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana at a water depth of around 2000 metres.
Exxon previously awarded Saipem subsea contracts for the first two phases of the Liza development in Guyana by EEPGL in 2017 and in 2018.
Saipem has noted that the project is subject to government approvals, project sanction by EEPGL and its partners HESS Guyana Exploration Ltd and CNOOC Nexen Petroleum Guyana Ltd and an authorization to proceed with the final phase.
The scope of the new contract will entail the detailed Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) of a large subsea production facility. According to Saipem, the contract scope also includes Subsea Structures, Risers and Flowlines.
The facility will include approximately 130 km of flowlines, rigid risers, associated terminations and jumpers together with the installation of manifolds, flexible risers, dynamic and static umbilicals and flying leads. Testing and pre-commissioning of the subsea field will follow installation.
Saipem’s flagship vessels FDS2 and Constellation will perform the offshore operations using an optimized combination of different pipe-lay methods - J-Lay and Reel-lay.