Williams Partners Receives Letter of Award to Deliver Gulfstar FPS™ for Deepwater Project

Williams Partners L.P. WPZ announced today that it has received a Letter of Award from Hess Corporation HES to provide production handling services in the Tubular Bells field development located in the eastern deepwater Gulf of Mexico.  Hess, operator of the Tubular Bells field, will utilize Williams Partners' proprietary floating-production system, Gulfstar FPS™.  Williams Partners expects Gulfstar FPS to be capable of serving as a central host facility for other deepwater prospects in the area. Williams Partners will design, construct and install its Gulfstar FPS with a capacity of 60,000 barrels of oil per day, up to 200 million cubic feet of natural gas per day (MMcf/d) and the capability to provide seawater injection services. The facility is a spar-based floating production system that utilizes traditional three-level topsides mated to a classic spar hull. This standard design approach will allow customers to reduce their cycle time from discovery to first oil.