Chevron lets Tahiti control system contract

Chevron USA Inc. has let a contract to Mustang Engineering for design and procurement of the integrated control safety system for the Tahiti deepwater facilities.

May 2, 2006

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, May 2 -- Chevron USA Inc. has let a contract to John Wood Group PLC subsidiary Mustang Engineering, Houston, for design and procurement of the integrated control safety system for the Tahiti deepwater oil and gas processing facilities.

The Tahiti truss spar will be tethered in 4,000 ft of water in the Gulf of Mexico about 190 miles southwest of New Orleans on Green Canyon Block 640 to handle as much as 125,000 b/d of oil and 70 MMscfd of gas production from Green Canyon Blocks 640, 641, 596, and 597.

Mustang performed front-end engineering design for the truss spar and is performing detailed design, engineering, procurement, and project management support services for the spar's topsides oil and gas facilities (OGJ, Feb. 6, 2006, Newsletter).

Mustang Automation & Control is providing front-end engineering and design, detailed engineering, procurement, programming and integration, and testing for the facility's monitoring, process control, safety, and management systems.