Question-and-Answer Session
Thank you sir. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now be conducting the question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question is coming from the line of Jim Crandell with Barclays Capital. Please proceed with your question.
James Crandell - Barclays Capital
Good morning, guys.
Jack B. Moore - President and Chief Executive Officer
Good morning, Jim.
Charles M. Sledge - Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Good morning, Jim.
James Crandell - Barclays Capital
Jack, could you elaborate a bit on other items that went into the order rate in the fourth quarter and the drilling and production side. And then could you give us your thought on what you would expect at this point in time in subsea tree orders sort of industry wide '09 versus '08?
Jack B. Moore - President and Chief Executive Officer
Well, let me address the first question regarding the Drilling and Production System orders in the fourth quarter... in the third quarter, excuse me. We had record bookings for Subsea Systems as you have seen. We had over $950 million that came into the quarter from Subsea Systems, and a lot of it driven by the BP Block 31 orders as you have all read about.
On the side with our Drilling Systems, it was another record bookings quarter. Drilling Systems came in at over $570 million for the year... for the quarter, that consisted of 6 deepwater stacks and various other equipment, risers and so forth that supported that work. Again, a record quarter for Drilling Systems.
And on the Surface Systems side, again it was another great quarter for Surface. Surface came in a little over,
Charles M. Sledge - Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
About 290 million, yes.
Jack B. Moore - President and Chief Executive Officer
And the balance would be Flow Control, it'd be Petreco, also the overall order input for Drilling and Production Systems is almost $2 billion for the quarter.
Now for the subsea orders going forward, Jim, we somewhere this year I think Quest numbers are somewhere in the 420 to 450 range. Cameron's as I have said booked 144 trees so far quarter... through the first three quarters. The outlook for next year, I have not seen Quest latest numbers, and I don't think they have actually come out with any. Our number would probably be somewhere around 500. It's not a Cameron number, that's the total number that Cameron has looked at. And that range probably is plus or minus 10%.
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