Technip and DOF Subsea get pipelay contract from Petrobras
2008.06.17 -
Contracts
Technip and DOF Subsea announce that their 50/50 joint venture has been awarded by Petrobras a contract, worth approximately USD 250 million, for the four-year charter of a new pipelay vessel. The vessel will be used for pipelines installation and retrieval offshore Brazil, at water depths reaching 2,000 meters. The contract includes an option for an additional four-year period.
This vessel will be the first of her kind built and registered in Brazil, and will be fitted with a 200 ton lay tower and a 250 ton crane. She will be able to carry up to 2,750 tons of flexible pipe and umbilicals*.
This vessel is part of Technip and DOF Subsea’s fleet development strategy. She is currently under construction at Aker Promar’s yard in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and will be owned by the Technip/DOF Subsea joint venture.
Under a separate contract, Technip will also provide Petrobras with the engineering and support services for offshore operations of the vessel.
Cameron (NYSE: CAM) has signed a three-year worldwide preferred supplier agreement with Schlumberger Integrated Project Management (IPM) for the supply of a wide range of flow equipment products and services. As part of the agreement, Cameron will provide Schlumberger IPM with all surface, subsea, drilling, measurement, compression and downstream equipment on a worldwide basis.
ClampOn has been awarded a contract for delivery of five subsea ClampOn DSP Leak Monitors to the Tampen Link project in the Norwegian sector in the North Sea (Sept 07). ClampOn will supply its ultrasonic non-intrusive acoustic Leak Monitors to Technip Norge AS on behalf of Statoil. The Leak Monitors will be retrofitted on two 20” gas valves on the seabed to verify/disprove through-valve gas leakage. These valves are currently open and they will be shut to close off the bypass alternative.
Helix Energy Solutions (NYSE: HLX) announced today that it has received a Letter of Intent ("LOI") for the installation of the subsea infrastructure for the VIC/P44 Stage 2 Development project in the Otway Basin offshore Australia. Participants in the VIC/P44 permit are Santos Limited (Operator) 50%, Peedamullah Petroleum Pty Ltd (Australian Worldwide Exploration) 25% and Mitsui E&P Australia Pty Ltd. 25%.
Velosi Limited Velosi or the Group, a provider of asset integrity and HSE services to a number of major national and multinational oil and gas companies, is pleased to announce that it has been re-awarded a contract from Mobil Producing Nigeria, for the next three years with an option to extend for a further one year.
Fugro has been awarded a contract to perform a detailed marine survey in the Mediterranean Sea to select the best route for the GALSI gas pipeline from Algeria to Southern Sardinia and then from Northern Sardinia to the mainland of Italy. The contract value is approximately EUR 18 million.
