Hyundai Awards Huizhou Survey
China Offshore Thales GeoSolutions (COTG), a fifty-fifty joint venture between China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Thales GeoSolutions in the Asia Pacific Region, has been awarded the survey contract for the Huizhou 19-3/2/1 development project by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd (HHI). The estimated US$ 1.2m contract will see Thales involved in performing pre-installation surveys, using both analogue geophysics and Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), pipeline and structures installation support. The pre-installation survey phase will begin in October and run for an estimated four weeks. The pipeline and structures installation phase is expected to commence in March 2004 and run for approximately three months. The work will take place in the Huizhou field, which is located in Block 16/09 in the South China Sea, approximately 160km South East of Hong Kong and the mouth of the Pearl River. The block is operated by the ACT Operators Group: China National Oil Corporation (CNOOC), Agip China BV, Chevron Overseas Petroleum Ltd and Texaco China BV.
