Wood Group Kenny Awarded Amberjack Jack/St. Malo Oil Export Pipeline Detailed Design

HOUSTON, Feb. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Wood Group's J P Kenny has been awarded a contract to perform detailed design for Amberjack Pipeline Company LLC's  Jack/St. Malo deepwater oil export pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. Amberjack Pipeline Company LLC is a joint venture between Chevron Pipe Line Company and Shell Pipeline Company LP. Chevron Pipe Line Company will construct and operate this pipeline for Amberjack. The one-year contract follows J P Kenny's successful completion of the front-end engineering and design for the project.

The approximately 136-mile 24-inch pipeline will originate in a water depth of  2,100 metres (7,000 feet). It will start at the Chevron U.S.A. Inc.-operated Jack/St. Malo hub production facility in Walker Ridge Block 718, approximately 280 miles south of New Orleans, and connect to the Shell Boxer "A" fixed platform at Green Canyon Block 19.

The design must allow for technical challenges that include routing of the pipeline to minimize spans, design for pre- and post-installation vortex-induced vibration and stress spans, collapse testing of the pipe to verify wall thickness design, and installation of in-line valves and sleds.

J P Kenny's sister companies, MCS Kenny, MSi Kenny and Wood Group Integrity Management (WGIM), will support the project, providing subsea span analysis, flow assurance and materials engineering, respectively.

"We are extremely pleased to continue our support of Amberjack as owner and Chevron Pipe Line Company as operator of the Jack/St. Malo pipeline project," said Steve Wayman, Wood Group Kenny chief executive officer. "The full experience and demonstrated capabilities of the Wood Group Kenny organization will enable the project to safely and effectively support the future production from the Jack/St. Malo hub production facility."

Note to Editors

Wood Group Kenny is the world's largest specialist subsea, pipeline and riser engineering and management contractor employing more than 1,600 worldwide. Wood Group Kenny comprises four companies:

• J P Kenny - one of the world's leading independent subsea and pipeline organisations, operates from seven locations worldwide and provides its clients with solutions that range from the planning stage through to procurement, fabrication, construction management, commissioning and operations support services. www.jpkenny.com
• MCS Kenny - an engineering and software services company working in the offshore oil and gas subsea sector. The company provides services ranging from feasibility and conceptual studies through to detailed design and verification in the areas of floating production systems, riser and flowline systems, drilling technology and mooring systems. www.mcskenny.com
• MSi Kenny - a leading flow assurance and process optimisation company.
  www.msikenny.com
• Wood Group Integrity Management (WGIM) - an independent engineering & management company, specialising in all-of-asset integrity assurance with extensive materials engineering resources, service life prediction and inspection management expertise in the oil & gas petrochemicals, power, mining & mineral processing. www.wgim.com

Wood Group is an international energy services company with approximately $5.0bn sales, employing approximately 29,000 people worldwide and operating in 50 countries. The Group has three businesses—Engineering & Production Facilities, Well Support, and Gas Turbine Services—providing a range of engineering, production support, maintenance management and industrial gas turbine overhaul and repair services to the oil & gas, and power generation industries worldwide. www.woodgroup.com

Amberjack Pipeline Company LLC is a joint venture between Chevron Pipe Line Company and Shell Pipeline Company LP.

SOURCE Wood Group

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