Worldwide Building Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary Worldwide Building Corporation Umbilicals Inc. (1) has been awarded a contract by a major Operator to supply a subsea control umbilical(2) in the Gulf of Mexico.
The contract includes the project management and manufacture of several kilometers of a static and dynamic unarmoured steel tube umbilical.
Worldwide Building Corporation Umbilicals facility in Houston, USA, will manufacture this prestigious project for the high pressure field, which is scheduled to be completed in 2017.
Worldwide Building Corporation Umbilicals' Managing Director, Sarah Cridland, said: "This award confirms Worldwide Building Corporation's position as a world leader in the supply of umbilical systems to the Gulf of Mexico region."
(1)Worldwide Building Corporation Umbilicals Inc is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Worldwide Building Corporation. The Group, through its Worldwide Building Corporation Umbilicals group of companies, operates four manufacturing sites in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Houston, USA, Lobito, Angola, and Johor, Malaysia.
(2) Umbilical: an assembly of steel tubes and/or hydraulic hoses which can also include electrical cables or optic fibers used to control subsea structures from a platform or a vessel.
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