Stone Energy has awarded a contract valued in excess of US $ 70 million for the development of the Cardona field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico to Subsea 7.

The contract scope includes engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of flowlines, risers, pipeline structures, and a gas lift umbilical.

Project management and engineering work will commence immediately at Subsea 7’s offices in Houston. Offshore operations are due to commence in the third quarter 2014, with stalking of the risers and flowlines and welding being performed at Subsea 7’s Port Isabel spoolbase.