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Subsea 7 said Friday it has been awarded an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract from Petrobras for the Roncador field, offshore Brazil. The contract is valued in excess of $200M.

 
   MAIN FACTS: 

-The workscope is to engineer, procure, fabricate, install and commission one 12" gas export line and one 12" oil export line, connecting the P-55 platform to the PRA-1 platform.

-The scope of work also includes the procurement and installation of associated subsea equipment.

-The offshore pipelines and equipment installation campaign will take place between 3Q '10 and 2Q '11 and will be carried out by one of Subsea 7´s pipelay installation vessels.

-Engineering and project management work will be conducted at Subsea 7´s offices in Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the fabrication of the rigid pipelines will be carried out at Subsea 7´s pipeline fabrication spoolbase at Ubu, Brazil.

-By Stockholm Bureau, Dow Jones Newswires; +46-8-5451-3090; djnews.stockholm@dowjones.com