Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract worth a total of approximately US$135 million from Shell U.K. Ltd for work on the Shell operated Fram oil and gas development in the Central North Sea.

The contract scope encompasses the engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of a 4.5km in-field pipeline bundle of approximately 44-inch diameter, with integrated manifolds and tie-in structures. 

Project management and engineering work will commence immediately and will be managed from Subsea 7’s offices in Aberdeen, with bundle fabrication taking place at Subsea 7’s Wester site fabrication yard in Wick. Offshore activities utilising a variety of Subsea 7 vessels are scheduled to commence and be completed in 2014.