Bluewater Awards Contract for Upgrade of FPSO "Glas Dowr".Business & Energy Editors HOOFDDORP, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2002 Bluewater Energy Services B.V. has awarded a contract to SA Five Engineering (Pty) Ltd. in South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. for the upgrade of the FPSO FPSO Floating Production Storage and Off-loading (shipping & oil industry) FPSO Foster Parent Society of Ontario FPSO Fleet Publication Supply Office Glas Dowr. After the modifications, the Glas Dowr will operate at the Sable sable, species of marten, Martes zibellina, found in Siberia, N European Russia, and N Finland. This carnivorous mammal is highly valued for its thick, soft fur, which is dark brown or black, sometimes with white underparts and sometimes flecked with silver. Field in the Bredasdorp basin off South Africa. The upgrade work to be executed by SA Five Engineering (Pty) Ltd. in Cape Town Cape Town or Capetown, city (1991 pop. 854,616), legislative capital of South Africa and capital of Western Cape, a port on the Atlantic Ocean. It was the capital of Cape Province before that province's subdivision in 1994. will include the fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. and installation of Gas Compression Module, Process Separation Module, Flare Structure and various modifications to the existing topside facilities of the FPSO. The upgrade work on the FPSO is scheduled for completion by mid October 2002. In June 2001, Sable Field Operator, Soekor E & P (Pty) Ltd. of Parow, South Africa (recently integrated in the new South African National Oil and Gas Company, PetroSA (Pty) Ltd.) and partners Pioneer Natural Resources South Africa (Pty) Limited and Petroleum Limited awarded Bluewater a contract to provide and operate production facilities for the field. In August Bluewater awarded Coflexip Stena Offshore International a contract to design, supply and install specified subsea Subsea is a general term frequently used to refer to equipment, technology, and methods employed to explore, drill, and develop oil and gas fields that exist below the ocean floors. This may be in "shallow" or "deepwater". production system components and related services for Sable Field development. Sable's initial development plan includes four production wells, one water-injection well and one gas-injection well. Production is to commence by early December 2002. Bluewater Energy Services B.V., a member of the Bluewater Group of Companies, has built a technological lead specialising in lease and operation of tanker-based Production and Storage systems, and has become a leading provider of innovative 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 systems. Bluewater operates worldwide with offices in The Netherlands, Angola, Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States, China and Singapore. SA Five Engineering (Pty) Ltd., a member of the SA Five Group of companies, is based in Cape Town, South Africa providing services globally in the engineering and construction industries. |
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