Chevron North America Exploration and Production has awarded Technip a contract for the development of the Jack & St-Malo fields in the Walker Ridge area of the Gulf of Mexico. The contract covers engineering, fabrication and subsea installation of more than 53mi of 10.75” outer diameter flowlines, steel catenary risers, pipeline end terminations, manifolds, pump stations and tie-in skids. Technip’s Houston, Texas operating center will perform project management. Technip’s spoolbase in Mobile, Alabama, will weld the flowlines and risers and the Deep Blue, Technip’s deepwater pipelay vessel, will complete the offshore installation scheduled for 2013.