Nexans to produce cables for Prirazlomnaya oil platform
The company Nexans has won a 6 million EUR contract on supply of 850 km of control, instrumentation and power cables for the Prirazlomnaya marine platform.
Nexans has been awarded a contract worth around 6 million EUR by Sevmash, Russia’s largest shipbuilding company, to develop, manufacture and supply low-temperature and ice-resistant control, instrumentation and power cables for the marine ice-protected Prirazlomnaya stationary oil production platform in the Barents Sea, a press release from the company reads.
The special cables for Sevmash, totalling around 850 km, will be produced in the specialized facilities of Nexans Kukdong Electric Wire Co, Korea. Production has already started, and deliveries will continue until the end of 2011.
- This major low temperature resistant cable contract for this remarkable project reinforces the position of Nexans as a market leader in the oil and gas segment, said Salvatore Di Giorgio, Global Segment Manager for Oil & Gas Offshore Topside Business. - This contract with Sevmash will play a key role in helping Nexans to develop its business and increase market share in Russia.
