Offshore staff

LYSAKER, Norway –Petrobras Americas Inc. has awarded Aker Kværner a $65-million contract to supply subsea power cables and control umbilicals to Cascade and Chinook fields for subsea development.

Aker Kværner is to supply 230,000 ft (70 km) of high-voltage power cables and static and dynamic steel tube umbilicals for installation in the Gulf of Mexico Walker Ridge fields 165 mi (260 km) south of Louisiana. Both the high voltage power cables and umbilicals will be installed at water depths up to 8,800 ft (2,700 m). The umbilicals will be made using Aker Kværner's patented carbon fiber rod technology.

Project management, engineering, and manufacturing will be at Aker Kværner's Mobile, Alabama, facility. Delivery of the cables and umbilicals is scheduled for mid-2009.

10/24/2007