Technip awarded Ozona field development contract

Aug. 25, 2009
Marathon Oil Co. has awarded Technip a lump sum contract for the Ozona field development in the Gulf of Mexico.

Offshore staff

PARIS – Marathon Oil Co. has awarded Technip a lump sum contract for the Ozona field development in the Gulf of Mexico. The project consists of a tie-in to the Shell Auger platform in Garden Banks block 515 in a water depth of 3,280 ft (1,000 m).

The contract covers project management and surveys; engineering; procurement/fabrication and installation of a 5.6-mi long (9-km) pipe-in-pipe flowline; two PLETs; an anchor pile and a rigid jumper; and installation of a 7.5-mi long (12-km) umbilical.

Technip’s operating center in Houston, Texas will execute the contract. The flowline will be welded at the group’s Spoolbase located in Mobile, Alabama. Offshore installation is scheduled for 2Q 2010 using the pipelay vessel Deep Blue.

08/25/2009