Offshore staff

PARIS -- Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has ordered from Nexans €30 million ($42 million) in umbilicals for the Mexilhão gas field in the Santos basin, off the coast of the state of São Paulo.

The contract calls for two types of umbilical designs to connect the platform to the subsea manifold and the manifold to the subsea wellheads. Delivery is scheduled in 4Q 2008.

"Two umbilicals each around 22 km (13.7 mi) in length, will run from platform, at a depth of 170 m (558 ft), to the manifold at 500 m (1,640 ft), which is the control/distribution unit on the sea bed. A further seven umbilicals, totaling nearly 15 km (9.3 mi), will then run from the manifold to the seven well heads," says Nexans' project manager, Per Johansen.

10/03/2007