Technip has been awarded by Petrobras three major contracts, totaling USD 270 million, for pipelines intended for deepwater development projects in Brazil. The first contract covers engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of a rigid flowline that will connect the Canapu field, located in the Espírito Santos Basin at a water depth of 1700m, to the Cidade de Vitória FPSO anchored in 1400m of water. This 21km-long flowline will be the first application of pipe-in-pipe technology for subsea transportation of gas in Brazil. The Deep Blue, Technip’s deepwater pipelay vessel, will install the flowline during the fourth quarter of 2008. The second contract comprises engineering and procurement of 37km of 4in and 6in flexible flowlines for the Mexilhão field, in the Santos Basin. The 6in flowlines have been specially designed to cope with extreme temperature and pressure of the carried fluids. The third contract includes engineering and procurement of four large diameter flexible risers for the PDET export system that will be installed at a water depth of 1300m, in the Campos Basin. Technip’s operations and engineering center in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) will execute these contracts. The flexible pipes will be manufactured by Flexibras, one of the Group’s flexible pipe plants located in Vitoria (Brazil).
