Offshore staff

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, UK --BHP Billiton has contracted Wellstream Internatoinal Ltd. and its Seastream JV with the Sea Trucks Group for the Pyrenees development offshore Western Australia. The £100-million ($201.7-million) in contracts cover Crosby, Ravensworth, and Stickle fields.

Included are 60 km (37 mi) of flexible risers and flowlines with a 4Q 2008 delivery, plus related installation and tieback to an FPSO. Seastream will be responsible for installation and pre-commissioning of the subsea system including FPSO turret and moorings, subsea manifolds, mid-water arches, flowlines and risers, umbilicals with associated flying leads, and tie-ins to pre-installed tree bases.

Seastream plans to use it new DP-3 pipelay/hook-up vesselJascon 25 for most of the installation. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in April 2008.

07/03/2007