Bergesen Worldwide Offshore
has awarded
Aker Marine Contractors, in partnership with
Sonsub, a contract for the installation of a mooring and riser system for the first Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel in the
. Financial details have not been released.
The work comprises installation of the turret buoy, mooring system and risers for the former Ultra Large Crude Carrier Enterprise at the Ku-Maloob-Zaap field in
The marine installation is planned to commence in the first quarter of 2007, using either the Normand Cutter or the BOA Sub C as main installation vessel. In addition, a diving vessel will be used for tie-in of the flexible risers. The project will commence immediately.
Torgeir Ramstad, President of Aker Marine Contractors said, "We have pursued this key target for a while as we believe this challenging project is a good fit with our joint capabilities with Sonsub. The focus will now be on delivering this fast track project on time and without incident in close dialogue with our customer."
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I'd like to know where these are operating in the UK. The report is notably light on this. I wonder why?