Technip Awarded Flowline Installation Work for Kerr-McGee's Ticonderoga Field in the Gulf of Mexico.PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- Technip has been awarded the Ticonderoga subsea flowline installation contract by Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Corp., a wholly owned affiliate of Kerr-McGee Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :KMG KMG Kerr-McGee KMG Koi Mil Gaya (Hindi movie) KMG Kunming, China - Kunming (Airport Code) KMG Kent Messenger Group (UK) ). The Ticonderoga production will be tied back to Kerr-McGee's 100% owned Constitution Spar. The Constitution field is located in the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east on Green Canyon blocks 679 and 680, approximately 190 miles southwest of New Orleans in 5,000 feet of water. The Ticonderoga field is located on Green Canyon block 768 in 5,250 feet of water. Kerr-McGee operates the Ticonderoga development and holds a 50% interest. Noble Energy Inc. (NYSE:NBL NBL National Basketball League (Australia) NBL National Bicycle League NBL Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory NBL Neuroblastoma NBL New Brunswick Laboratory NBL Not Bloody Likely NBL National Baseball League NBL Nothing But Love ) owns the remaining 50%. The overall project covers the installation of two pipe-in-pipe flowlines and steel catenary risers along with pipeline end termination (PLET PLET Pipeline End Termination ) structures for the tie-back of the wells. Technip's engineering center based in Houston will provide the installation engineering along with the design of the PLET structures. The group's deepwater pipelay vessel Deep Blue will install the flowlines during the fourth quarter of 2005. With a workforce of about 19,000 persons, Technip ranks among the top five corporations in the field of oil, gas and petrochemical engineering, construction and services. Headquartered in Paris, the group is listed in New York and Paris. The group's main engineering and business centers are located in France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands, the United States, Brazil, Abu-Dhabi, China, India, Malaysia and Australia. The Group has high-quality industrial and construction facilities in France, Brazil, the U.K., the United States, Finland and Angola as well as a world-class fleet of offshore construction vessels. |
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