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Offshore Update

IZAR Lands FPSO Order

IZAR has been awarded a contract to build a 900,000 bbl Floating, Produc- tion, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit for Belgium's Exmar Offshore. The unit is scheduled to be delivered at the end of January 2003 and is intended to be operated by Exmar at the Aquitaine field, in the Mediterranean sea, off

Libya. The design is characterized by moderate dimensions such as 691 x 144 x 75 ft. (210.6 x 43.8 x 22.8 m) and 54 ft. (16.5 m) design draft if, compared to its huge 900,000 bbl storage capacity.

This newbuilding will actually be the largest ever delivered by the Spanish builder in terms of capacity despite hav- ing constructed several large FPSO units in the past, notably Kerr-Mcgee's (EGryphon A' and Texaco UK's (Ecap- tain', both in the 550,000 bbl capacity, and even the (Ealba' Floating Storage

Unit (FSU) for Chevron U.K., with an oil storage capacity of 850,000 bbl.

The Aquitaine field unit will be built at

Astillero Fene (the former Astano yard of the Astilleros Espanoles group) that,

ABB's Compact Pod Makes

Mark In $42M Deal

ABB has struck a landmark deal to sup- ply its new compact podded propulsion system on a semi-submersible drilling rig. Santa Fe International Corp. has awarded a $42 million contract to ABB in

Norway for the supply of electric propul- sion systems and power plants to two new semi-submersible drilling rigs. In addition, the contract includes an option for a further two rigs. The two new deep- water rigs, of Friede & Goldman ExD design, will be built by PPL Shipyard

PTE Ltd. of Singapore with delivery of the first rig scheduled for late 2003.

ABB's delivery to each rig includes a complete package solution consisting of generators, high and low voltage switch- boards, drilling and propulsion drives and eight Compact Azipod podded propulsion units with a total output of 25.6 MW. In total, ABB has delivered electrotechnical solutions to more than 50 drilling vessels worldwide. The Com- pact Azipod - available in a power range from 400 kW to 5 MW - utilizes perma- nent magnet motor technology with direct cooling to the surrounding seawa- ter. Accurate speed and torque control are provided by a frequency converter and the system allows for full thrust in all directions. The Compact Azipod unit is underwater dismountable, and combined with standardized ABB technology, this ensures simplified and cost-effective maintenance and operation.

Circle 45 on Reader Service Card www.maritimereporterinfo.com since mid-eighties, has developed a con- sistent experience working for the off- shore oil industry.

In the past 15 years, the company has delivered 10 FPSO's and three ultra- deep water dynamically positioned dual drilling units for Transocean Offshore (Discoverer Enterprise, Discoverer Spir- it and Discoverer Deep Seas), four

FSU/FSO (Alba for Chevron, Petrobras 47 for Petrobras, Sitala for Shell Inter- national and Polysaga for Rasmussen), two semisubmersible units (Petrobras 26 for Tenenge/Ultratec and Drillmar for

Repsol) and one heavy cargo barge (Castoro XI for Saipem U.K.).

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