Eric Watkins
Senior Correspondent
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 -- Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has let a contract valued at $210 million to France's Technip for engineering, procurement, construction, and installation for a subsea pipeline and free-standing hybrid riser (FSHR) for deepwater oil export in the Campos basin off Rio de Janeiro.
Technip is responsible for the oil export system from semisubmersible platform P-52 to PRA-01, a shallow-water collection platform, as well as an FSHR in 1,800 m of water.
Installation of the 56 km, thermally insulated, 18-in. rigid line and the riser, to be carried out by Technip's deepwater pipelay vessel Deep Blue, is to begin in first quarter 2007. The operations will use the J-lay deployment method in 100-1,800 m of water.
Technip's engineering center in Rio de Janeiro will be responsible for the overall project management, with technical support from Technip Offshore UK and Technip USA.
The contract falls within the framework of Campos Basin Oil Outflow and Treatment Plan (PDET), which aims to increase oil flow capacity in the Campos basin by as much as 630,000 b/d.
In March, Petrobras announced the signing of contracts worth $910 million to finance its PDET plan for the Campos basin (OGJ Online, Mar. 14, 2005).
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