Horizon Offshore Granted Pipeline Construction Component

An alliance of which Horizon Offshore is a member has been granted a contract for the EPC 64 project from Pemex Exploracion y Produccion. The project's workscope, which entails the installation, bury, hook-up and commissioning of seven pipelines in the Cantarell Field, call for Horizon to provide all marine construction. With work set to commence during August, the company will utilize one of its pipelay barges, Gulf Horizon, for laying the 12-, 20- and 24-in. pipelines. In addition, Horizon's bury barge, Canyon Horizon, will perform jetting operations to bury the newly installed pipelines and will perform the activities related with crossing existing pipelines.