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NORWEGIAN MARITIME REVIEW currently represented by Langsten and Aker Brattvaag in Norway,

Aker MTW in Germany and Aker

Finnyards in Finland.

Aker Maritime recently won a contract worth around $175 mil- lion to upgrade Statoil's Gullfaks C platform in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea to enable gas pro- duction to be doubled. A number of group companies in Norway and the U.K. will have key roles to play in the project, including the con- struction of two modules of approx- imately 1,000 tons each by the

Aker McNulty yard on Tyneside.

Consideration is being given by

Aker Maritime as to whether to merge five of its companies in

Norway into a single entity, so as to raise competitiveness and increase the scope to profitably undertake large, offshore-related turnkey projects. The firms under evaluation are Maritime Tentech of Kristiansand, Aker Engineering of Olso, the Aker Stord and Aker

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Verdal fabrication yards, and Olso- based Aker Marine Contractors.

Since the extensively modern- ized shipbuilder Ulstein Verft will not become part of Vickers, special arrangements have been drawn up to ensure the continuation of cer- tain strategic and commercial links between the shipyard and the remainder of the Ulstein

Group.

Ulstein Verft has a considerable reputation in specialized construc- tion, and no more so than in the offshore support vessel domain.

One of the key influences on its

Production ship know-how

Kvaerner remains at the forefront of pro- duction ship technology for the offshore oil and gas industry, and its current workload includes the main responsibility for building and commissioning the world's largest FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) unit, due to be deployed on Australia's

Laminaria field during the 1999 second-half.

The groups currently most extensive

FPSO project is the Jotun, which is sched- uled to be phased into operation this year by

Esso Norway in waters to the west of

Stavanger. Outfitting of the Kvaerner Masa- built hull was assigned to the Kvaerner

Rosenberg yard at Stavanger. The

Norwegian group has also had a major involvement in the Triton FPSO for the

Abbot, Razorbill and West Guillemot fields in the British sector of the North Sea. Due to start operations this year, producing 105,000 barrels of crude per day, Triton was convert- ed from a crude oil tanker built by Samsung in South Korea.

The latest and most advanced ship con- cept emanating from innovative Kvaerner is the floating production, drilling, storage and offloading (FPDSO) vessel. It combines an

FPSO role with a complete drilling solution, breaking new ground in offshore ship design through the capability to drill through the turret. According to Kvaerner, the produc- tion cost savings from having a drilling capacity on board may amount to around $0.50 per barrel, enough to provide oil com- panies with significant operating benefits. "Kvaerner has set itself the goal of being the first supplier of such a vessel, and the tech- nology will hopefully be ready to offer to the market by the end of 1999," said Leif

Wanvik, of the concept development depart- ment at Kvaerner Oil & Gas.

The group is also constructing what is claimed to be the world's only semi-sub- mersible, gas production platform, Asgard B, expected to be put into production offshore during 2000. 48 Circle 334 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

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