SLB OneSubsea and Subsea7 awarded integrated EPCI contract for bp's North Sea Murlach development

SLB announced that its OneSubsea™ joint venture and Subsea7 were awarded an integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by bp for the Murlach development (formerly Skua field), 240 kilometers east of Aberdeen in the UK North Sea.

The Murlach project will include the first-ever implementation of SLB OneSubsea standard, configurable vertical monobore tree systems in the UK North Sea, which will be deployed by Subsea7 via vessel to reduce rig days.

Mads Hjelmeland, CEO of SLB OneSubsea, said: “Early engagement and close collaboration with bp through our Subsea Integration Alliance are what have made it possible to develop a configurable solution for the Murlach field.”

Subsea Integration Alliance worked with bp to develop a solution leveraging SLB OneSubsea’s latest generation of field-proven standard equipment, which is optimised for speed of delivery and installation. SLB OneSubsea will deliver two vertical monobore trees, a two-slot manifold, and associated topside controls. Subsea7 will install 8 kilometers of rigid flowline and two flexible jumpers, including a new gas lift flowline tied back to the Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) facility. Fabrication of the pipelines will take place at Subsea7’s spoolbase at Vigra, Norway, and offshore operations are expected to be executed in 2025.

Olivier Blaringhem, Chief Executive Officer, Subsea Integration Alliance, said: “Subsea Integration Alliance now has three fully integrated EPCI projects with bp, and this UK project is an important milestone as it expands our EPCI collaboration into the UK North Sea market.”