Offshore staff

CARLYSS, Louisiana --Chevron Nigeria Ltd. has awarded a multi-year contract to Global Offshore International Ltd. for transportation and installation of platforms and pipelines offshore Nigeria.

The initial scope of work covers 40 pipelines and one platform to be installed in the first half of 2007 at a cost of $150 million. The contract has an option for 2007-08 and 2008-09.

"Our two combination derrick/lay barges, theCheyenne and Comanche, have been committed to the West Africa region for over a decade, and we have moved our largest work barge, the DLB Hercules, and our shallow water lay barge Sea Constructor, to the region to assist on this and other projects," says B.K. Chin, CEO of Global Offshore. "We are expanding Global's presence because of our confidence in the long-term outlook in West Africa."

02/05/2007