Subsea 7 awarded deepwater contract.

Subsea 7 has an EPIC contract from Petrobras valued in excess of $200 million in the Espirito Santos Basin off Brazil. The contract will involve the design, engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of the 78-km Sul Capixaba 12-inch export gas pipeline and end termination assembly in

the Jubarte field. The project also involves the execution of a horizontally drilled shore approach and pre-commissioning. The gas export line will eventually connect the FPSO P-57 in the deepwater Jubarte field to the Petrobras onshore installation in Anchieta, Espirito Santos. The offshore pipeline installation will take place in 2009 and project completion in 2010.

By Rita Tubb, Managing Editor