Shell has awarded a contract for the Arran gas field development, located approximately 150 miles east of Aberdeen, ton Subsea 7. 

The contract scope includes project management, engineering, procurement, construction and installation of 60 km of mechanically lined pipe-in-pipe production flowline, together with subsea structures and tie-ins at the Arran and Columbus gas condensate fields and the Shearwater platform. 

Project management and detailed engineering has commenced at Subsea 7’s office in Aberdeen, with offshore activities due to commence in 2020.