Technip has been awarded a lump sum contract by BP Exploration and Production Co. for the Isabela project in the Gulf of Mexico. The project is a subsea tieback to the Na Kika semi-submersible platform located in Mississippi Canyon, 140mi offshore New Orleans, Louisiana, at a water depth of 1920m. The contract covers project management, engineering, fabrication and installation of pipe-in-pipe flowlines, steel catenary risers and subsea equipments. Technip’s operating center in Houston, Texas will execute this contract. The flowlines and risers will be welded at the Group’s spoolbase located in Mobile, Alabama. Offshore installation is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 2010 using Deep Blue, Technip’s deepwater pipelay vessel.