Stone Energy lets pipe supply, installation contracts for Amethyst field

Stone Energy Corp., Lafayette, La., has let flexible pipe supply and installation contracts to Technip SA for Amethyst field on Mississippi Canyon Block 26 in the Gulf of Mexico.

The first contract includes the engineering, procurement, fabrication, assembly, and testing of a 5-in., 9-km production static riser and all associated hardware.

The second covers the installation of flexible pipe as a tieback to the Pompano fixed platform in 395 m of water. The pipe will be manufactured at Technip’s Asiaflex products plant in Tanjung Langsat, Malaysia, and installed using the Deep Blue pipelay vessel.

The project is scheduled to be completed during this year’s second half.