By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Mar. 21 -- Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has awarded FMC Technologies Inc. a $25 million contract to supply 10 subsea trees and associated equipment for Anadarko wells that will be connected to the Independence Hub platform in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
The $665 million Independence Hub deep-draft, semisubmersible platform will be installed in 8,000 ft of water to serve as a gathering hub for eight deepwater natural gas fields (OGJ Online, Nov. 10, 2004).
Anadarko will operate the Independence Hub platform and six of the fields, which are located in the Atwater Valley, DeSoto Canyon, and Lloyd Ridge areas in 7,800-9,000 ft of water.
Equipment deliveries, scheduled to begin this year, will be completed over a multiyear period.
Independence Hub LLC is an affiliate of Enterprise Products Partners LP, Houston, and the Atwater Valley Producers Group, which includes Anadarko; Dominion Exploration & Production Inc., Richmond, Va.; Spinnaker Exploration Co., Houston; and Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp. and Devon Energy Corp., Oklahoma City.
