French-based steel pipe producer Vallourec has announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply premium tubes and connections for the ultra-deep offshore Kaombo project in Angola, operated by TOTAL E&P Angola.
As part of this contract, Vallourec will supply 27,000 mt of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) for wells drilled within 1,400 to 2,000 meters water depth and reaching up to 5,000 meters drilling depth.
Casing and tubing products will be manufactured and finished in France, Indonesia and Brazil. Manufacturing of the first batches will be completed in December this year. Drilling operations will start in the third quarter of 2015 and are expected to last until 2021.
The Kaombo oil field, located 150 km off the Angolan coast, is one of the largest oil developments operated by TOTAL in this area, with complex drilling conditions.