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| Technip wins contract from Petrobras French oilfield services giant Technip has been awarded by Petrobras a contract worth approximately $200 million for the four-year charter of its flexible pipe laying vessel Sunrise 2000, operating offshore Brazil. This contract could be renewed for four years. The Sunrise 2000 is a dynamically positioned vessel specially designed to install flexible flowlines and umbilicals in water depths down to 2,000 meters. The vessel is able to simultaneously lay three lines, either flowlines or umbilicals, and for that purpose has built-in carousels providing the vessel with a cargo capacity of 3,775 tons of products and is equipped with Technip's patented vertical lay system (VLS). This technology allows the installation of flexible pipes up to a maximum dynamic load of 270 tons. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |