BHP Billiton Awards SPM Buoy System Contract to Bluewater.Business Editors/Energy Writers HOOFDDORP, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2003 Bluewater Energy Services B.V. has been awarded a contract for the supply of a single point mooring MOORING, mar. law. The act of arriving of a ship or vessel at a particular port, and there being anchored or otherwise fastened to the shore. 2. Policies of insurance frequently contain a provision that the ship is insured from one place to another, "and till system (SPM SPM - Sequential Parlog Machine ) for the BHP Billiton Angostura Angostura: see Ciudad Bolívar. Project in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (trĭn`ĭdăd, təbā`gō), officially Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, republic (2005 est. pop. 1,088,000), 1,980 sq mi (5,129 sq km), West Indies. The capital is Port of Spain. including engineering, design, procurement, fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. . The Angostura Field is the first major offshore oilfield to be developed in Trinidad and Tobago in recent years. BHP Billiton Petroleum is developing the Angostura development located about 35 km off the North East Coast of Trinidad. The facilities will consist of: -- A number of offshore wellhead well·head n. 1. The source of a well or stream. 2. A principal source; a fountainhead. 3. The structure built over a well. wellhead Noun 1. platforms and a central processing platform connected by intra-field pipelines. -- An onshore terminal with oil storage adjacent to Guayaguayare Bay. -- A single point mooring (SPM) system with loading line in Guayaguayare Bay. Bluewater will design and supply the SPM system, consisting of a square, turret catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) buoy, the pipeline end manifold (PLEM PLEM Pipe Line End Manifold PLEM Partition Ligation Expectation Maximization ), submarine and floating hoses for operation in about 26 m of water at a location off the southeastern coast of Trinidad, approximately 4 nautical miles southwest of Galeota Point offshore Guayaguayare Bay. The CALM buoy will accommodate tankers up to 250,000 dwt. The design will have six mooring legs and will be designed in a single product-handling format with a single 20" line and a product distribution system incorporating a fluid swivel unit. Delivery of the CALM system is expected to take place by April 2004. The engineering, management and procurement will be handled in The Netherlands; parts of the fabrication will be done in Trinidad in support of BHP Billitons stated commitment to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to support the technological development of the engineering and fabrication industry. BHP Billiton, a global leader in the resources industry, and was formed from a merger between BHP and Billiton. Bluewater Energy Services B.V., a member of the Bluewater Group of Companies, has built a technological lead specializing in lease and operation of tanker-based Production and Storage systems, and has become a leading provider of innovative Single Point Mooring systems. Bluewater operates worldwide with offices in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, Nigeria, Angola, South Africa, Singapore and China. |
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