(Arabian Oil and Gas) -- In Egypt, Burullus Gas Company awarded Saipem the EPIC contract for new subsea developments in the area of the West Delta Deep Marine Concession, located about 90 kilometres offshore the Northwest Nile delta, at water depths between 400 and 1.000 metres.
The development encompasses the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of a total of seven new subsea wellheads and relevant infrastructures, umbilicals and flowlines.
Saipem has already carried out two earlier phases of the West Delta Deep Marine Concession's subsea development. The work will be connected to existing infrastructure.
The offshore activities will be carried out mainly by the highly-specialized vessel, Saipem FDS. Saipem has also been awarded contracts to operate in the Norwegian and British sectors of the North Sea, mainly relevant to the deployment of the Saipem 7000 vessel for platform transportation and installation, and to the deployment of the Castoro 7 vessel for the installation of subsea pipeline and structures.