The new 28-km line will connect the new Babbage platform to the existing subsea infrastructure in the West Sole Bravo 500-m zone in water 25m deep. Technip said it would use its Apache and Orelia vessels, and third-party vessels, to execute the contract. E.ON and its partners plan to drill three wells in the field, and they have an option to drill two additional wells after first production begins. The gas will be transported to West Sole and onwards to the Dimlington terminal on Humberside. Technip also will design and install a 40-ton manifold and three flexible tie-in jumpers, pipeline protection materials, trenching, and backfilling of the gas export pipeline, as well as carrying out precommissioning, tie-ins, and testing. Its upgraded spoolbase in Evanton, Scotland will weld the gas pipeline. Babbage shareholders include E.ON, which holds a 47% stake, Dana Petroleum with 40%, and Centrica Resources with the balance of 13%.