The development of BP’s Block 31 assets is based on a program approach; with the first of four developments – Block 31 North East, consisting of the Plutao, Saturno, Venus and Marte (PSVM) fields, due for completion of detailed design in the first quarter of 2009.
The program approach should allow the detailed design team to roll over from its work on the PSVM development to the second and subsequent development phases.
INTEC London office is currently performing the detailed design for Heerema Marine Contractors of the Umbilical Riser Flowline 1 (URF 1) scope for BP’s first Block 31 project, PSVM, in its Angolan development program. The work involves pipe in pipe production flowlines and single pipe service lines, flowline termination assembly and inline termination assembly structures, subsea floating and seabed founded spools and oversight of the design of the hybrid tower risers.
In total, the design activity on the program is expected to last beyond 2011 and represents a significant continuing project for INTEC in the UK. As part of the ongoing Angolan content and training initiatives, four Angolan trainees will be seconded from WorleyParsons’ Angolan office in Luanda into INTEC UK where they will undergo an extensive subsea engineering training program and then receive on-the-job training for a period of six months.
