Offshore staff

(Mossel Bay) South African state-owned company PetroSa has awarded Vetco Gray a contract for a long offset subsea control system for the (offshore) South Coast Gas development. The contract includes supply and maintenance of subsea control modules, a master control station, a hydraulic power unit, an electrical power and control unit, methanol and corrosion sensors and electrical distribution units.

The development entails installation of a 94.4-km controls/pipeline tieback from the field to the existing F-A platform, then onto PetroSa's gas-to-liquids plant in Mossel Bay. Vetco Gray Controls in Nailsea, UK is responsible for project execution, with support from Vetco Gray Controls in Aberdeen. Delivery should be completed this fall.

03-23-06