Cooper Cameron Division Awarded Contract for Subsea Equipment Offshore West Africa
May 16 2005 - 8:10AM
PR Newswire (US)
Cooper Cameron Division Awarded Contract for Subsea Equipment
Offshore West Africa HOUSTON, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The
Cameron division of Cooper Cameron Corporation (NYSE:CAM) has been
awarded a contract worth approximately $340 million to provide
subsea systems for the initial phase of Total's Akpo, a 44-well
subsea development project offshore Nigeria. Cameron's role
includes providing subsea systems engineering and project
management, along with subsea Christmas trees, production and
intervention control systems, manifolds, flowline connection
systems, installation support and associated spares for Total's
Nigerian subsidiary, Total Upstream Nigeria Limited. Initial
equipment delivery and installation is slated to begin in the third
quarter of 2006, with additional deliveries of subsea trees and
associated equipment to continue through 2008. Cooper Cameron
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Sheldon R. Erikson
said, "We are pleased to add Total's Akpo to the list of projects
in the important West African market for which we are providing
production equipment, design and engineering expertise and
life-of-field support." He said that Cameron's facility in Onne
Port, Nigeria will provide testing and maintenance support for the
Akpo project and other deepwater developments in the West Africa
region. Erikson also noted that Cameron will provide supplemental
installation and support services for the Akpo project, bringing
the total value of the contract to approximately $415 million.
Cooper Cameron Corporation is a leading international manufacturer
of oil and gas pressure control equipment, including valves,
wellheads, controls, chokes, blowout preventers and assembled
systems for oil and gas drilling, production and transmission used
in onshore, offshore and subsea applications, and provides oil and
gas separation equipment. Cooper Cameron is also a leading
manufacturer of centrifugal air compressors, integral and separable
gas compressors and turbochargers. Website:
http://www.coopercameron.com/ In addition to the historical data
contained herein, this document includes forward-looking statements
regarding the future revenues of the Company, made in reliance upon
the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. The Company's actual results may differ
materially from those described in forward-looking statements. Such
statements are based on current expectations of the Company's
performance and are subject to a variety of factors, some of which
are not under the control of the Company, which can affect the
Company's results of operations, liquidity or financial condition.
Such factors may include overall demand for, and pricing of, the
Company's products; the size and timing of orders; the Company's
ability to successfully execute the large subsea systems projects
it has been awarded; changes in the price of (and demand for) oil
and gas in both domestic and international markets; raw material
costs and availability; political and social issues affecting the
countries in which the Company does business; fluctuations in
currency markets worldwide; and variations in global economic
activity. In particular, current and projected oil and gas prices
historically have generally directly affected customers' spending
levels and their related purchases of the Company's products and
services. Additionally, changes in oil and gas price expectations
may impact the Company's financial results due to changes in cost
structure, staffing or spending levels. Because the information
herein is based solely on data currently available, it is subject
to change as a result of changes in conditions over which the
Company has no control or influence, and should not therefore be
viewed as assurance regarding the Company's future performance.
Additionally, the Company is not obligated to make public
indication of such changes unless required under applicable
disclosure rules and regulations. DATASOURCE: Cooper Cameron
Corporation CONTACT: R. Scott Amann, Vice President, Investor
Relations of Cooper Cameron Corporation, +1-713-513-3344 Web site:
http://www.coopercameron.com/
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