Vallourec awarded steel tubes order for Edradour project in UK North Sea

Vallourec awarded steel tubes order for Edradour project in UK North Sea

BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, France -- Vallourec has been awarded a contract by Technip Umbilicals, for the Edradour project operated by TOTAL in the UK. As part of this first industrial order, Vallourec will deliver super duplex welded tubes for umbilicals from its plant located in Venarey-Les Laumes (Burgundy, France).
 
A key component in subsea installations, umbilicals are made of small-diameter tubes, cables and/or optical fibers which connect the equipments on the seabed together and to a control station at the surface by transporting fluids, supplying power, and transmitting information. Thanks to an innovative manufacturing process, Vallourec produces tubes to be fitted into umbilicals. These tubes offer superior strength and mechanical properties compared to products currently available on the market.
 
This new product with unique characteristics reinforces Vallourec's position on the subsea construction market. After successfully completing a thorough qualification process with TOTAL as technical sponsor, Vallourec's umbilicals plant is completing its ramp-up and has already worked on several prototype orders. Manufacturing at the Vallourec Umbilicals plant is scheduled to start end of Q3 2014 with a delivery to Technip in Newcastle (UK) in the first half of 2015.

The Edradour gas and condensate field is located in block 206/4a, 75 km northwest of the Shetlands in approximately 300 m water-depth. Total E & P UK Limited has the operating interest in the Edradour license, with DONG E & P UK Limited (DONG) as Joint Venture Partner. The partners expect the discovery to begin producing in the fourth quarter of 2017.