Vallourec has received a contract to supply premium tubes and connections for the ultra-deepwater Kaombo field off Angola, operated by TOTAL E&P Angola.
As part of this contract, Vallourec will supply 27,000 tons of OCTG (oil country tubular goods) for wells drilled within 1400m to 2000m water depth and reaching 5000m total drilling depth.
The Kaombo oil field, located 150km off the Angolan coast, is one of the largest oil developments operated by TOTAL in this area, with complex drilling conditions. The Kaombo project is composed of 59 wells to be drilled in a variety of complex geologies, requiring different well designs. A third of the wells target subsalt reservoirs, which require drilling through salt layers to reach target depth.
Vallourec will supply its most advanced premium tubular solutions, including VAM 21 connections combined with integral premium connections (VAM SLIJII and VAM BOLT).
Commenting on this contract, Didier Hornet, Director of the OCTG and Drilling business line said: "Our premium tubular solutions, including our VAM premium connections lines, are recognized as standards for the most demanding and complex applications. Following large projects in Western Africa such as CLOV in Angola, this new contract demonstrates Vallourec's capacity to support the development of the most challenging offshore projects."
Casing and tubing products will be manufactured and finished in France, Indonesia and Brazil. Manufacturing of the first batches will be completed in December 2014. Drilling operations will start in Q3 2015 and are expected to last until 2021.
Related news for the Kaombo project:
Teledyne picks up Kaombo contract, 3 October 2014
Bureau Veritas gets Kaombo contract, 22 August 2014
Total contracts Ocean Rig drillship, 5 June 2014
Kaombo mega-contracts awarded, 16 April 2014
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