Sembcorp wins contract to build three topsides for Maersk’s Culzean development
SINGAPORE -- Sembcorp Marine subsidiary SMOE Pte Ltd has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract worth over $1 billion (including long lead items) from Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited.
The contract includes the building of the central processing facility plus 2 connecting bridges, wellhead platform and utilities & living quarters platform topsides for the Culzean field development. The facility will be installed at a water depth of some 90 m in the UK sector of the Central North Sea.
SMOE will provide engineering, procurement, construction and onshore pre-commissioning services, while detailed engineering work will be performed by a subcontracting partner. The facility will be located in Culzean field, 145 miles east of Aberdeen. The project is a HPHT gas condensate development.
The Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard in Singapore will be the core fabrication yard for the project, while the Sembmarine SLP yard in Lowestoft, UK, will undertake the work scope for a power generation module, two bridges and a flare.
Culzean gas field is expected to be capable of providing around 5% of the UK's total gas consumption by 2020/21.
