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execution of a similar MPSV order in Industries in South Korea for Statoil. Statoil. It is ftted with four six-cyl- 2011 for Bumi Armada Berhad When completed, the unit will be inder Wärtsilä 32DF dual fuel, diesel

An interesting contract for Wärt- located on the Heidrun oil and gas and gas, engines, but runs on gas silä has been the supply of three feld in the Norwegian Sea. Delivery almost all the time resulting in 85% main power modules to the Brazil- of the Wärtsilä equipment is sched- lower NOx emissions than when

Production ian industrial group QUIP for the uled for February 2014. using diesel.

new P-63 FPSO vessel, which will On the technology side, the Wärtsilä’s latest order from Harvey be the frst FPSO to use gas engines Wärtsilä GasReformer is one of the Gulf International Marine is the to produce more than 100 MWe of nominees for the spotlight on new ffth it has received from the vessel power. Designed and produced by technology prize and this month’s operator. The contract is to supply a

Wärtsilä, each power module in- Offshore Technology Conference complete liquefed natural gas (LNG) cludes two 18-cylinder 50DF tri-fuel in Houston. The equipment uses package, including the propulsion, engines in V-confguration, as well as steam reforming technology to auxiliaries and controls, for a new alternators and all required auxiliary convert associated gas to a quality offshore support vessel designed by equipment. that can be used as fuel in Wärtsilä’s STX Marine. The vessel will oper-

The contract includes commis- range of gas-fueled engines. The ate in the Gulf of Mexico. In October sioning, start-up and operational reformer enables self-sustaining 2011, Wärtsilä technology was supervision. The vessel, which has power generation for the offshore selected for two new Harvey Gulf off- now arrived in Brazil, will operate operation, provides cost savings and shore support vessels making them on the Papa Terra oilfeld, located has the beneft of environmental the frst ever US-fagged platform some 110 kms off Rio de Janeiro in sustainability. supply vessels (PSVs) to be powered the southern Campos Basin. The With the development of tighter by LNG. The order to supply gas feld development concept involves emission controls worldwide, there propulsion packages for a further the P-61 tension-leg wellhead plat- is growing interest in the LNG- two Harvey Gulf ships was received form coupled to the P-63 FPSO. The powered OSVs. Wärtsilä is at the shortly thereafter.

Papa Terra joint venture partners are forefront here. The frst gas-fueled Wärtsilä is in the process of setting

Petrobras (operator) and Chevron. platform supply vessel, Eidesvik up a new fully-owned manufacturing

Another recent offshore order is Offshore’s Viking Energy, has just facility in Brazil to meet the increas- for the supply a series of pumps to turned 10 years old. It was designed ing market demand, particularly in be installed on a new foating storage by Wärtsilä Ship Design, and built by the offshore market. See page 125 for unit, being built by Samsung Heavy Kleven and is on long-term charter to more on this new facility.

An interesting contract for Wärtsilä has been the supply of three main power P-63 modules to the Brazilian industrial group QUIP for the new FPSO vessel.

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