The company said it had won a contract from CNR International to support phase III development of its Baobab field.

The 12,100-gt Seven Pacific (built 2010) will begin work in the second quarter of 2015.

The contract calls for the installation of spools and umbilicals.

The company’s senior vice president for Africa and the Gulf of Mexico, Olivier Carre, said: "This project has numerous phases which will need to be executed under a demanding timetable.

“We