Offshore staff

FLORENCE, Italy -- VetcoGray, a GE Oil & Gas business, has won a five-year frame to supply subsea equipment and support services for the Gorgon Project.

The scope of VetcoGray's contract includes the supply of manifolds, pipeline termination structures, pipeline end terminations, trees with subsea control modules, wellheads, production control systems, system integration testing, installation, and operations support.

The schedule for the supply and delivery of the equipment is to be developed.

The project includes the subsea development of the Greater Gorgon natural gas fields, about 130 km (81 mi) off the northwest coast of Western Australia in 200-1,300 m (656-4,265 ft) water depths between 65-134 km (40-83 mi) from Barrow Island.

The fields will be linked to a three train, 15-million ton (13.6-million metric ton) per year LNG facility, with provision for domestic gas production on Barrow Island. Chevron Australia Pty Ltd of Perth is 50% owner and operator of the Gorgon Project in a joint venture with the Australian subsidiaries of ExxonMobil and Shell.

05/15/2008