Cal Dive Installs 17 Hands and Rigel Flowline System

Cal Dive Installs 17 Hands and Rigel Flowline System 


HOUSTON, June 6  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cal Dive International, Inc.
(NASDAQ:CDIS) recently completed the installation of Dominion Exploration &
Production's 17 Hands and Rigel flow line system.  The project included the
installation subsea to subsea of 121,072 feet of 8 inch diameter pipe in water
depths ranging from 3,500 to 5,883 feet from CDI's reel lay vessel Intrepid.
The pipe lay operation was initiated at the 17 Hands well location in MC 299
utilizing Cal Dive's hinge over Pipeline End Termination ("PLET") system, an
in-line PLET was installed at the Rigel well in MC 252 then the flowline system
was terminated with a standard second end PLET at the Gemini manifold location
in MC 292.  The entire flow line system was hydrotested and dewatered utilizing
CDI's semi-sub Uncle John and CDI's subsea commissioning system. The project
was completed without incident two months ahead of schedule.

Cal Dive has recently mobilized the Uncle John to install the Jumpers at all
three well locations, as well as provide early production by operating the 17
hands tree to facilitate flowing product via an IWOCS system.

Cal Dive International, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, is an energy
service company which provides alternate solutions to the oil and gas industry
worldwide for marginal field development, alternative development plans, field
life extension and abandonment, with service lines including marine diving
services, robotics, well operations, facilities ownership and oil and gas
production.

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Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2004.  We assume no
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DATASOURCE: Cal Dive International, Inc.



CONTACT:  Wade Pursell, Chief Financial Officer of Cal Dive

International, Inc., [phone], or fax, [phone]



Web site:  http://www.caldive.com/ 

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