Azule Energy, an offshore Angola joint venture between Italy’s Eni and the UK’s BP, has awarded TechnipFMC a new subsea contract to supply flexible flowlines and risers for the West Hub Tails project.
The deal, worth between $75 million and $250 million, will be booked in the company’s third‑quarter 2026 orders and continues a string of recent awards tied to Azule’s deepwater expansion, Offshore Energy reported on August 12.
Under the agreement, TechnipFMC will design and manufacture flexible flowlines, risers and associated equipment to gather all production from the West Hub area and tie it into the Agogo floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
Flexible pipes are critical in deepwater developments because they accommodate seabed movement and high pressures while linking subsea wells to surface facilities, enabling reliable long‑term production.
The West Hub Tails work builds directly on TechnipFMC’s earlier involvement in the Agogo program, where the company previously supplied risers and flowlines as part of the main development contracts awarded in 2023 and subsequently expanded.
Jonathan Landes, president of subsea at TechnipFMC, said the company values Azule’s “continued trust” and highlighted its “exemplary track record of safe, on‑time execution across two previous phases” on Agogo.
The award follows another recent TechnipFMC contract for Azule’s Greater PAJ offshore oil development in Blocks 31 and 31/21, underscoring the contractor’s growing role across multiple Angolan hubs. In parallel, Azule has been sanctioning large subsea packages with other majors:
Saipem secured roughly $1 billion in subsea pipeline and facilities work for Agogo’s integrated west hub, while Subsea 7 and others have handled installation and umbilical on related scopes. Azule Energy operates 11 blocks in Angola and is also exploring opportunities in neighbouring Namibia, positioning the JV as a central player in the country’s deepwater oil and gas strategy.
