Technip has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary DUCO Inc. has been awarded two contracts, by Shell Offshore Inc., for the Cardamom and West Boreas field developments, located in the Gulf of Mexico. The contracts include the engineering, project management and construction of a 9,265m umbilical (Cardamom) and a 6096m umbilical (West Boreas). The umbilical systems will be manufactured by Duco in its facility in Channelview, Houston, United States. The umbilicals are scheduled for delivery in 2012.