Global subsea contractor Subsea 7 BV has been awarded a $15-million pipeline installation contact for Wintershall Noordzee BV.

Subsea 7 will install 4.9 km of 10 in. outer diameter 13% chrome pipeline between D12-A and D15-FA-1 platforms in the Dutch sector of the North Sea in 32 - 40 m of water. In addition, the company will retrofit a riser to the Gaz de France D15-FA-1 platform. The line pipe will be spooled onto the pipelay vessel at the Subsea 7's Leith spoolbase, while the project management and engineering will be undertaken in Aberdeen.

Subsea 7 will carry out offshore operations in 3Q 2004 and will include the installation, trenching, and burial of both pipeline and umbilical. Vessels likely to be used from the Subsea 7 fleet are the pipelay vesselSkandi Navica, the ROV and survey vessel, Seisranger, and a diving support vessel.

04/27/04