Aker Kvaerner Awarded Contract for Statoil Gjøa Platform

Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract for delivery of mooring winches and fairleads for Statoil's Gjøa Semi. The total contract value for Aker Kvaerner is approximately NOK 90 million.

The work will be undertaken by the Aker Kvaerner subsidiary, Aker Kvaerner Pusnes in Arendal. The contract involves supply of on-vessel mooring equipment for Statoils Gjøa Semi to be installed at the Gjøa field in the North Sea. The equipment, Roller Ram Winches and Fairleads for chain are to be delivered and installed at Aker Kvaerner Stord.

Leif Haukom, President of Aker Kvaerner Pusnes, commented: "The award of this contract demonstrates Aker Kvaerner Pusnes as a leader in innovative design and manufacturing of well proven on-vessel mooring equipment".

Aker Kvaerner Pusnes is a dominant supplier of these very competitive systems to drilling and production facilities world wide and we are pleased to be chosen for this challenging project by Statoil".

Sixteen Roller RamWinches and sixteen underwater fairleads will be used to pull in and secure 150 mm chains used in the mooring lines. The equipment is based on Aker Kvaerner Pusnes' major experience in design and manufacturing of winches and fairleads for such kind of platforms.

Integrated safety features play a significant role in equipment of this type. These features include alarm systems, load monitoring, intelligent sensors and emergency stop.

The equipment will be manufactured in Europe with delivery between January and August 2008.

Aker Kvaerner Pusnes designs and supplies all types of deck machinery and mooring systems for marine and offshore applications. Aker Kvaerner Pusnes also develops Bow Loading Systems (BLS), equipment enabling shuttle tankers to receive and secure a mooring line and hose from an offshore production facility for loading of load crude oil. Aker Kvaerner Pusnes is also experienced in Stern Offloading Systems (SOL), equipment installed at the stern of an FPSO/FSO enabling transfer of the mooring line and hose to a shuttle tanker for loading of crude oil.

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Posted 07/05/07

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