ONGC lets pipeline-replacement contract

Global Industries Offshore LLC and Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Mumbai, have received notification of a contract from India's Oil & Natural Gas Corp. to replace offshore oil and gas pipelines totaling 185 km.

April 6, 2005

By OGJ editors

HOUSTON, Apr. 6 -- Global Industries Offshore LLC and Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Mumbai, have received notification of a contract from India's Oil & Natural Gas Corp. to replace offshore oil and gas pipelines totaling 185 km.

The contract is valued at about $422 million.

The replacement pipelines, all off Mumbai, will have diameters of 4-16-in. Operations are scheduled to begin later this year. In the 2005 work season, 14 lines will be replaced for a total of 78.3 km; in 2006, 12 pipelines for 60.6 km; and in 2007, 14 pipelines for 46.1 km.