Intecsea has confirmed securing a contract by ConocoPhillips Australia to provide subsea Front End Engineering Design (FEED) services for subsea scopes of their Barossa development.
Barossa is an offshore gas and light condensate field located offshore North Australia, approximately 300km north-northwest of Darwin.
Intecsea will provide the FEED engineering for infield rigid flowline system, the gas export pipeline between Barossa and the existing Bayu Undan pipeline, associated dynamic risers and umbilicals, flowline and pipeline end termination structures and subsea tie-in spools.
The contract will mainly be executed from Intecsea’s Perth office, with support being provided from other offices including Houston, London, and Delft.
The Barossa development concept includes a floating production storage and offloading facility (FPSO), six subsea production wells to be drilled in the initial phase, subsea production system, supporting in-field subsea infrastructure and a gas pipeline to Darwin, all located in Australian Commonwealth waters.
A final investment decision is targeted towards the end of 2019 for the field located 300 kilometers north of Darwin.
The Barossa joint venturers are ConocoPhillips Australia Barossa Pty Ltd (operator, 37.5%), SK E&S Australia Pty Ltd (37.5%) and Santos Offshore Pty Ltd (25.0%).