OPE wins subcontract for Sonatrach oil pipeline, loading facilities off Algeria

OPE Inc. affiliates OPE International LP and OPE Offshore International Ltd. have received subcontracts to develop pipeline systems and five offshore loading stations off the oil ports of Arzew, Bejaia, and Skikda, Algeria.

April 10, 2003

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Apr. 10 -- OPE Inc. affiliates OPE International LP and OPE Offshore International Ltd. have received subcontracts to develop pipeline systems and five offshore loading stations off the oil ports of Arzew, Bejaia, and Skikda, Algeria. The project is for Algeria's national oil company Sonatrach.

OPE will be responsible for pipeline design, the supply and installation of onshore and offshore facilities valued at $120 million to transport crude oil and condensate hydrocarbons from onshore facilities, and the installation of loading buoys and tanker mooring systems at each offshore site.

FMC Technologies Inc. unit FMC SOFEC Floating Systems is main contractor for the project.