The contract, worth in excess of £35 million, forms part of one of Ireland's largest new gas developments, and is claimed to strengthen Technip-Coflexip's position as a leading integrated subsea contractor in this region, following on from the success of earlier contracts for Marathon Ireland. As part of the contract, Technip Offshore UK will install all five in-field flowlines required to tie-back the six wells to a central manifold (a total of 27km of 8-in flowlines). It will also be responsible for the installation of the new manifold at Seven Heads and the project management, procurement, and installation of all subsea control umbilicals (a total of 65km) between the remote wells, central manifold, and Marathon's Kinsale A platform. All subsea tie-ins, testing, and precommissioning of the completed infrastructure will also be carried out by Technip Offshore UK with a target of first gas before the end of the year. Fabrication of the rigid flowlines will be undertaken at the company’s Evanton spoolbase in Scotland, with the umbilicals manufactured by subsidiary Duco in Newcastle. The reel ship, CSO Apache, is scheduled to commence pipe lay operations around now, subject to Irish government approvals, with subsequent trenching support provided by the trenching support vessel (TSV), Normand Pioneer. The Normand Pioneer will also install the 35-km main umbilical and five infield umbilicals from Seven Heads to Kinsale A. The installation of the manifold, platform riser, tie-ins and testing will be carried out by the diving support vessel (DSV) CSO Wellservicer.