An Inter-field Connection with Low CAPEX and no OPEX

A French oil company was looking for a straightforward, reliable, cost-effective and easy-to-deploy solution to connect two of its fields off the coast of west Africa. Naturally they turned to SoluForce for the ultimate solution...

SoluForce Flexible Composite Pipe (FCP) systems are ideal for anyone who wants to minimise CAPEX and eliminate OPEX. For this particular project, 8.8 km of SoluForce Classic was laid in less than two days (at an average speed of 5.5 km a day) and only one deployment carousel was needed. It was assembled onshore, locally, and stabilised on the seabed, 40 metres down, using locally made concrete blocks.

The capital costs were extremely low compared to the alternatives, and because all SoluForce FCP are corrosion free, operational costs were eliminated...