Lankhorst Ropes Offshore Division is announcing the latest results of offshore trials of its Lankofirst synthetic fibre rope mooring connector on booth 1517 at OTC 2013. The trials have shown a significant reduction in mooring line deployment times and improvements in health and safety using the Lankofirst connector, compared with traditional mooring line plate links [...]
IOS InterMoor AS, an Acteon company, has secured a contract from Eni Norge to provide two complete mooring spreads for developmental drilling in the Goliat oilfield in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. Under the terms of this three-year contract, IOS InterMoor will provide the rig moorings with associated equipment and services. The contract is for [...]
Welaptega Marine has been awarded a mooring inspection and “fitness for purpose evaluation” on Dhirubhai-1 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility located in the Bay of Bengal, off the eastern coast of India. The client is Aker Floating Production. “This is a comprehensive fitness for purpose evaluation of the facility’s mooring system,” said Tony [...]
MODEC, Inc. announces the award of a Tower Yoke Mooring System by Höegh LNG to its subsidiary, SOFEC Inc. The Tower Yoke will provide a permanent mooring for the FSRU, 20 km offshore south east Sumatra, in a water depth of 23 meters. The system includes a Swivel Stack assembly and riser piping to export [...]
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has opened its new mooring equipment yard at Loyang offshore supply base in Singapore. The new facility provides mooring equipment storage and an ideal support location for maintenance, preparation and mobilization. Allowing easier access, this purpose-built yard will meet customers’ needs better and will provide a safer working environment for InterMoor [...]
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has completed its first permanent mooring work in the Lufeng oilfield, South China Sea. This project was also the company’s first for Chinese installation contractor China Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd. The Nanhai Sheng Kai floating, storage and offloading unit (FSOU) has been in service since 1992, surpassing its 12-year original [...]
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has placed the largest chain order by length of any provider in recent years with one of the world’s largest chain manufacturers. More than 32 km of 84- and 76-mm chain is on order for delivery at the end of the year, which will be added to already the largest holdings [...]
Balltec Ltd, a UK based company, has successfully completed the supply and installation of 41 MoorLOK™ subsea mooring connectors (SMCs) for the Total USAN ‘FPSO’ and System ‘O’ projects. The MoorLOKs™ are moored in 3000ft of water off the South East Nigerian coast. Balltec, who were contracted by Saipem, started the installation of the SMCs [...]
DOF Subsea Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of DOF ASA has received a Letter of Award for the installation of a FPSO mooring system in India and the project management and engineering associated with the hookup and commissioning of the FPSO. The work will be executed in Q4 2012 and is valued at USD 16m. Steve [...]
The Netherlands-based DSM, producer of Dyneema®, the world’s strongest fiber™, has introduced DM20, a new fiber designed for the production of incredibly strong ropes that provide unrivalled strength, stiffness and durability. DM 20 is an innovative fiber that completely redefines the capability of HMPE ropes and forms the basis of Dyneema® Max Technology. This breakthrough [...]
