TPT July 2009

I ndustry N ews

Contracts in the Gulf of Mexico

The company’s operations and engineering centre in Houston will also execute this contract. The flowline has been welded at the spoolbase located in Mobile, and the riser was fabricated in Le Trait. Offshore installation was scheduled for the second quarter of 2009, again using the Deep Blue . First production for Daniel Boone is expected to be in the second half of 2009. Technip – France Website : www.technip.com

Technip has been awarded by Bluewater Industries two lumpsum contracts for the Telemark and Clipper Corridor field developments in the Gulf of Mexico. ATP Oil & Gas Corporation is 100% owner and operator of the Telemark field, and 55% owner and operator of the Clipper Corridor field. Bluewater Industries is managing the two projects. The first contract is for the Telemark field. This field is located in Atwater Valley Block 63, at a water depth of 1,357m (4,450ft) and is being tied back to the ATP Titan platform. The contract covers: the design and manufacture of one high pressure flexible riser, approximately 2 miles (3km) long; engineering for the installation and welding of one oil and gas production flowline, approximately 13 miles (21km) long; installation of the flowline and associated riser with an option to install an umbilical; fabrication and installation of subsea structures and a jumper; and pre- commissioning. The second contract is for the Clipper Corridor field. This field is located in Green Canyon Block 299, at a water depth of 1,055m (3,460ft) and is tied back to the Front Runner platform. It covers: design and manufacture of two high pressure flexible risers, each approximately 1.5 miles (2.4km) long; engineering for the installation and welding of one pipe-in- pipe oil production flowline and one gas line, each approximately 15.5 miles (25km) long; installation of the flowlines, risers, and umbilical; fabrication and installation of four subsea structures and associated jumpers, flying leads; and pre-commissioning. Technip’s operating centre in Houston, Texas, will execute these contracts. The risers will be fabricated in Le Trait, France, one of the Group’s flexible pipe plants. The flowlines will be welded at the Group’s spoolbase located in Mobile, Alabama. Offshore installation is scheduled for late 2009/early 2010 for the Telemark project and for the second quarter of 2010 for the Clipper Corridor project, using the Deep Blue , Technip’s deepwater pipelay vessel. The Deep Pioneer , Technip’s deepwater construction vessel, will also participate in the Telemark project. Technip has also been awarded a contract by W&T Offshore Inc for the Daniel Boone field development, also in the Gulf of Mexico. This field is located in Green Canyon Block 646, at a water depth of

1,349m (4,230ft) and will be tied back to the Front Runner Spar. This contract covers: engineering for the installation, welding and installation of a production rigid flowline (23 miles long) terminating at the spar with a flexible riser; design, fabrication and installation of an in-line structure and PLET; engineering for the installation and installation of an umbilical (23 miles long), jumper and flying leads.

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ROYAL DUTCH SHELL

KELLOGS BROWN AND ROOT, USA

NORSK HYDRO, NORWEGIA

HEEREMAC, THE NETHERLANDS

FMQ, SAUDI ARABIA

WELDING PROCESSES: GTAW GMAW FCAW

QUALITY INTERNATIONAL, UAE

FLUOR DANIEL SADA, USA

CCIC, QATAR

SUEDROHRBAU, SAUDI ARABIA

STORK MEC, BELGIUM

NACAP ASIA PACIFIC, THAILAND

EXXON MOBIL, USA

OILSERV, NIGERIA

GENERAL ELECTRIC, USA

TEKFEN INSAAT, TURKEY

MONTER STROJARSKE MONTAZE, CROATIA

GALFAR E&C, OMAN

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ARAMCO SERVICES, SAUDI ARABIA

CANADOIL ASIA, THAILAND

VAM, MCE GROUP, AUSTRIA

OAO LUKOIL, RUSSIA

LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD, INDIA

NIS-NAFTAGAS, SERBIA

PETROJET, EGYPT

KEVIEPSZER KFT., HUNGARY

KVV ZRT., HUNGARY

PETROFAC, UAE

ENI-SNAM, SAUDI ARABIA

BIN QURAYA EST, SAUDI ARABIA

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