Subsea 7 Inc announced today that it has been awarded a contract valued in excess of US $200 million by Petrobras (Petroleo Brasileiro S/A) for an EPIC* contract, in the Espirito Santo Basin offshore Brazil.
The contract will involve the design, engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of the 78 km Sul Capixaba 12′ Export Gas Pipeline and end termination assembly in the Jubarte field. The project also involves the execution of a horizontally drilled shore approach and pre commissioning. The gas export pipeline will eventually connect the FPSO P-57 in the deepwater Jubarte field to the Petrobras onshore installation in Anchieta, Espirito Santo.