Offshore staff

LONDON --Marathon Petroleum has contracted Acergy for pipelay and construction work on the Volund field development in the Norwegian North Sea.

The $140-million contract scope covers engineering, procurement, installation, tie-in, and pre-commissioning of around 30 km (18.6 mi) of production, gas lift and water injection lines; a control umbilical; a 160 metric ton (176.37 ton) production manifold; and a choke and metering structure.

Acergy also will perform installation, hook-up, and commissioning of a subsea control system. The work is due to be completed early in 2009.

02/06/2007