PTTEP contracts CUEL for Arthit 1C wellhead platforms

Offshore staff

BANGKOK, Thailand -- PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) has awarded CUEL a $110-million contract for the Arthit 1C wellhead platforms development project in the Gulf of Thailand. Under the agreement, CUEL will provide project management; engineering; procurement; construction; loadout and seafastening; transportation; offshore installation and tie-ins; pre-commissioning; and brownfield modification services of four wellhead platforms and four pipelines.

Offshore installation of the platforms and pipelines will be performed by the derrick lay barge Swiber Chai. Engineering activities have begun; the project is scheduled for completion in July 2010.

09/14/2009