Woodside Vitality Group Ltd has awarded Tenaris SA a contract for the availability of casing and tubing for the Trion oilfield in Mexican waters.
“Tenaris may also present line pipe and coatings for bends, flowlines and risers as a part of the mission’s subsea infrastructure”, the Luxembourg-headquartered industrial and vitality pipe contractor mentioned in a press launch.
“Underneath the Rig Direct® service mannequin, Tenaris will provide 12,000 tons of casing and tubing, together with 1,600 tons within the Tremendous 13 Stainless steel grade”, Tenaris mentioned.
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“For the road pipe portion, Tenaris will ship roughly 16,000 tons of pipe for flowlines and risers, together with the applying of TenarisShawcor Marine 5-Layer Syntactic and Strong Polypropylene for move assurance, and TenarisShawcor Fusion Bonded Epoxy, Three-Layer Polypropylene, and Liquid Epoxy coatings for corrosion safety. Line pipe and coatings will probably be equipped together with One Line® mission options”.
Pablo Gomez, Tenaris business vice chairman in Mexico, mentioned, “This mission underscores the power of our buyer partnerships and our means to ship superior technological options for probably the most demanding offshore environments”.
Woodside expects Trion to begin producing 2028, focusing on abroad markets. The Australian firm, which operates the mission with a 60 p.c stake, introduced the ultimate funding resolution (FID) on Trion in 2023. Additionally that yr Woodside acquired approval from Mexico’s Nationwide Hydrocarbons Fee and secured an settlement with 40 p.c accomplice Petroleos Mexicanos, which found Trion 2012, to inject $7.2 billion in capital.
“Following the approval of the FDP [field development plan], Woodside has booked proved (1P) undeveloped reserves of 324.7 MMboe gross (194.8 MMboe Woodside share) and proved plus possible (2P) undeveloped reserves of 478.7 MMboe gross (287.2 MMboe Woodside share)”, Woodside mentioned in a press release August 30, 2023.
The reserves will probably be tapped via a floating manufacturing unit (FPU) with an output capability of 100,000 barrels a day, to be related to a floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) with a capability of 950,000 barrels, based on the FID announcement June 20, 2023.
The preliminary part of drilling entails 18 wells, consisting of 9 manufacturing wells, seven water injectors and two fuel injectors, based on Woodside. The corporate expects 24 wells to be drilled over the sector’s life.
Trion sits 180 kilometers (111.8 miles) off the Mexican coast and 30 km south of the Mexico-United States maritime border, based on Woodside.
Earlier than the Tenaris contract, Woodside awarded the FPU engineering, procurement and building contract to HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd, FPU set up and FSO building rights to SBM Offshore NV, the rig contract to Transocean Ltd and the contract for underwater timber to OneSubea UK Ltd.
On March 31, 2025, SLB Ltd mentioned it has been tapped to supervise the supply of 18 ultra-deepwater wells over three years. SLB’s scope contains digital directional drilling companies and {hardware}, logging whereas drilling, floor logging, cementing, drilling and completions fluids, completions and wireline companies.
As of September 2025, Trion was 43 p.c full, based on Woodside’s quarterly report final Wednesday.
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