Torch
Offshore upcoming workload for Midnight Wrangler
Posted: 16 March 2004
Torch Offshore, Inc announced two upcoming projects for the Midnight
Wrangler with total revenues approximated at $4.3 million.
The Midnight Wrangler, a 341-foot DP-2 deepwater pipelay and subsea
construction vessel, has been utilized by the Company in various
types of construction projects, including deepwater pipelay, and
has the capabilities to work in water depths up to 8,000 feet.
The Midnight Wrangler has been contracted to install post lay mattresses
at 49 pipeline crossings at 33 locations in the Gulf of Mexico as
part of the Cameron Highway Oil Pipeline System. The vessel will
install these mattresses in water depths ranging from 207 feet to
485 feet in the area from Ship Shoal 332 to Garden Banks 72 and
from Garden Banks 72 to High Island A5. The job is expected to generate
approximately 30 days of utilization for the vessel.
In addition, the vessel has been contracted to perform a deepwater
pipelay job. The Midnight Wrangler will install 55,000 feet of flowlines
and umbilicals in water depths ranging from 780 feet to 1,900 feet
at Ewing Banks. In addition, the Midnight Hunter will provide support
on the job by installing the I-tube and performing the riser tie-in.
Lyle G. Stockstill, Torch Offshore, Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, commented, "The Midnight Wrangler continues to show
its flexibility to work in all water depths in a variety of different
manners. The vessel has received a lot of attention from the industry
and should continue to be a solid part of our fleet utilization
base. The combination of the mattress job and the deepwater pipelay
job, in addition to other work, will keep the vessel highly utilized
in the coming months."
Established in 1978, Torch Offshore, Inc. is involved in offshore
pipeline installation and subsea construction for the oil and natural
gas industry. Torch Offshore, Inc. is expanding beyond its established
shallow water niche market in order to serve the industry's worldwide
growing needs in the deep waters.
For more information see www.torchinc.com
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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