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Offshore news

Aker Kvaerner Awarded

Mooring Systems Contracts

Aker Kvaerner was awarded contracts worth $31.2m for the delivery of advanced mooring systems for semi-submersible oil rigs. The contracts comprise deliveries both to the offshore oil and maritime industry.

The awards include delivery of two advanced Aker Drilling H6e semi-sub- mersible rigs to be built at Aker Kvaerner

Stord and five deepwater semi-submersible rigs to be built at Jurong's shipyard in

Singapore. The delivery dates are sched- uled to occur between 2007 and 2009.

Sub-Sea Tech Will Be

Accepted by O&G Sectors

Alpha Perisai Sdn Bhd believes that the introduction of AlphaPRIME sub-sea technology in the largely untapped mar- ginal oil fields will be well received by oil and gas industry players. The company, a unit of Perisai Petroleum Teknologi Bhd, was formed through a joint venture with

British-based Alpha Thames Subsea Ltd. in

June last year. The latter developed

AlphaPRIME, which is a system-modular installation located close to the wells on the seabed. It is configured for three- phase separation of oil, gas and water, which also incorporates multiphase pumps, with each installation consisting of at least two identical operating system modules. (Source: http://biz.thestar.com.my)

Aker Kvaerner to Build

Deepwater Drilling Risers

Aker Kvaerner has been awarded con- tracts to supply three subsea drilling riser systems, featuring Aker Kvaerner's innova- tive CLIP riser system, to Brazilian drilling company Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás S.A. (Continued on page 15)

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