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GLOBAL DEEPWATER REVIEW spooling the product on to, is the only Thermoplastics to avoid strain on the product, while it limit. is being loaded into the carousel using DUCO’s facility at Walker also produces

The two new carousels increase caterpillar tensioners. thermoplastic and power cable umbili-

DUCO’s storage capacity, allowing The carousel loading equipment is cals on its existing Helix and S-Z lines, storage of up to four separate umbili- based on designs already installed at named due to the helical alternating cal systems in each, including their DUCO’s recently upgraded Ango? ex process used to create the bundles, which termination pieces, and have been built plant, West Africa. creates S-Z shapes. with capability to be easily upgraded if From storage, umbilicals are then The site also has existing vertical needed. either spooled direct on to vessels, via spool and basket carousels. It also has

The larger basket size also means a quayside roller path, or on to reels, an armoring machine, with more than steel tube does not have to be wound on which are then lifted on to vessels. 100 bobbins, for thermoplastic umbilicals under tension, minimizing any plastic DUCO has a contract backlog of more requiring armoring for tensile strength strain on the umbilical. An automated than one year for the VHAM, includ- and steel tube umbilicals made on the accumulator is also used to accommo- ing the Egina and Moho Nord projects, new VHAM where the client requires date slack or tension, in the event of a for Total, to be installed offshore West additional mechanical protection or power failure or emergency shutdown, Africa. weight.

Technology takes can transition from these high strength with Technip ROV experts. It is a light members to lighter, more cost e