IHC Merwede to deliver new FPSO offloading systems
IHC Merwede has announced that it has signed two new contracts for the EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) delivery of offloading system packages for five FPSO vessels (floating production storage and offloading), the Company said on Wednesday.
The first of these packages will be placed on to one of MODEC's FPSO vessels under its lease agreement with Petrobras. The others have been ordered for the conversion of four additional FPSO vessels for Petrobras by the Brazilian offshore shipbuilding company, Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguaçu SA (EEP).
Each FPSO offloading system package will be supplied by IHC Merwede's Offshore division and consist of the following extensive range of advanced equipment:
- two offloading hose reel assemblies;
- two tandem mooring systems;
- one emergency offloading station;
- two hydraulic systems;
- and other ancillary equipment.
All five FPSO vessels will be capable of processing around 150,000 barrels of oil per day. They will each have a total storage capacity of around 1.6 million barrels and be moored in deepwater fields located in the Santos Basin, off the coast of Brazil. The new IHC Merwede-supplied systems will allow the FPSOs to offload approximately one million barrels of oil to shuttle tankers within a 24-hour period.
IHC Merwede is the global market leader for efficient dredging and mining vessels and equipment and a supplier of custom-built ships and supplies for offshore construction.
IHC Merwede has in-house expertise for engineering and manufacturing innovative vessels and advanced equipment, as well as providing life-cycle support. The company’s broad customer base includes dredging operators, oil and gas corporations, offshore contractors and government authorities.
IHC Merwede has over 3,000 employees based at various locations in The Netherlands, Brazil, China, Croatia, France, India, Malaysia, the Middle East, Nigeria, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States.
