Norway-based Longitude Engineering has landed a second significant contract on Shell's West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) project offshore Egypt.

Located about 90 kilometres offshore in the Nile Delta region, the WDDM concession, which is being exploited in phases, is operated by Shell through its joint venture Burullus Gas Company.

The asset includes 17 gas fields in water depths ranging from 300 to 1200 metres.

Longitude will provide detailed engineering and project management services to state-owned Petroleum Marine Services (PMS), the main engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning contractor for Phase 11 of WDDM centred on three twinned subsea wells.

Building on its work in Phase 10, Longitude's scope includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and commissioning support for five subsea rigid jumpers, twin-well configurations, a tie-on spool base, and subsea control system components.

Its engineering scope covers detailed design of the jumpers, development of fabrication drawings, onshore and offshore handling procedures, offshore installation engineering, process and stress modelling, plus key health, safety and environmental studies.

Daniel McGowan, offshore project director at Longitude, said that the West Delta Deep Marine development "is of major significance to Egypt’s oil and gas sector and we remain committed to delivering the highest quality of service to PMS and, ultimately, to the operator.”

Longitude is part of Oslo-listed ABL Group which has been active in the Egyptian market since 2018.