Subsea 7 S.A. (SUBC.OS) has just announced the award of a 5-year contract worth over $350 million from Petrobras for the operation of the Pipe Lay Support Vessel (PLSV) Kommandor 3000.
Subsea 7 says the work scope is similar to the current contract, including project management, engineering and the installation of Petrobras supplied flexible lines and equipment on a day rate basis.
Kommandor 3000 is a construction/flexlay vessel with a purpose-built pipelay system to install flexible lines, umbilicals and equipment in up to 2,000 m water depth and with a top tension capacity of 150t.
Kommandor 3000 will start operations under the contract in 2013.
