Heerema Vlissingen has won the EPC contract of a minimum facilities platform for the Breagh A Development. This is the second contract awarded by RWE Dea UK this year, following a similar contract for the Clipper South Development.
Heerema Vlissingen is one of the three production locations of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) and will construct the jacket, topsides and piles with a planned delivery date of late July 2011. The jacket will be approximately 85 meters tall with a total weight (including the piles) of some 4000 tonnes. The topsides will weigh approximately 1400 tonnes.
Breagh A Field
The Breagh A field is located in UKCS block 42/13 of the southern North Sea in 62 metres water depth, approximately 100 kilometres to the east of Teesside. Gas will be exported via a 20″ pipeline to be laid from the platform to the UK mainland.
Clipper South Development
The jacket, topsides and piles for the Clipper South development shall also be constructed in HFG’s yard in Vlissingen, with a planned delivery date of early July 2011. The jacket will be approximately 40 metres tall with a total weight (including the piles) of some 1,160 tonnes. The topsides will weigh approximately 2000 tonnes.
Clipper South Field
The Clipper South field is located in UKCS blocks 48/19 and 48/20 of the southern North Sea in 23 metres water depth, approximately 169 kilometres to the east of the Theddlethorpe gas processing terminal. The Clipper South gas field lies in the Sole Pit basin within the Rotliegend tight-gas play fairway, and produced gas will be exported to the UK.
