Deep Down为壳牌深水油气项目提供服务

中国石化新闻网讯 据离岸工程2月20日报道，美国深水油气设备与服务供应商Deep Down已经收到壳牌公司的一份订单，要求其交付壳牌公司在美国墨西哥湾Whale项目有关的产品。

根据与壳牌公司的合同，Deep Down公司将设计和制造立管隔离阀(RIV)控制系统以及其他水下生产设备。

RIV控制系统将安装在浮式生产装置(FPU)上，以关闭和调节流体通道。Deep Down没有透露订单的财务细节。

Deep Down的总裁兼首席执行官Charles Njuguna表示:“我们很高兴壳牌再次选择Deep Down，来为他们最近在墨西哥湾发现的大型勘探项目提供可靠的设备和服务。”

2018年2月，壳牌获得了勘探发现，这一发现被称为过去十年在美国墨西哥湾发现的最大勘探发现之一。

在2020年的FID之前，壳牌在去年10月与新加坡的Sembcorp Marine签署了一项协议，为该项目建造和整合一个浮式生产装置（FPU）的上部结构和船体。

FPU包括一个上层舱和一个四柱半潜式浮动船体，总重量为2.5万吨。该项目计划于2022年完工，将在阿拉米诺斯峡谷772号区块运营。

洪伟立 摘译自 离岸工程

原文如下：

Shell Orders Deep Down Equipment for Whale Development

Deep Down, a U.S.-based subsea oil and gas equipment supplier, has received an order from Shell for a delivery related to Shell's Whale development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Under the contract with Shell, Deep Down will design, engineer and manufacture a Riser Isolation Valve (RIV) control system as well as other subsea production equipment.

The RIV control system will be installed on the Whale floating production unit (FPU) to provide shutdown of production fluids. Deep Down did not share the financial details of the order.

Charles Njuguna, Deep Down’s President and CEO, stated, “We are pleased that Shell has once again turned to Deep Down to deliver reliable equipment and services for one of their largest exploration finds in the Gulf of Mexico in recent memory.”

Shell made the giant Whale discovery in February 2018. The discovery has been labeled as one of the largest exploration finds in the past decade in U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Ahead of the FID expected in 2020, Shell in October last year signed a deal with Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine to build and integrate the topside and hull of a Floating Production Unit (FPU) for the Whale field.

The Whale FPU comprises a topside module and a four-column semi-submersible floating hull, with a combined weight of 25,000 tonnes. Scheduled for completion in 2022, it will operate in the Alaminos Canyon Block 772.