Vopak ENOC Fujairah Awards SPM Contract to Bluewater Energy Services and Van Oord ACZ B.V.Business Editors/Energy Writers HOOFDDORP, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2001 Vopak ENOC ENOC Emirates National Oil Company ENOC Enterprise Network Operations Center Fujairah Ltd. has awarded Bluewater Energy Services B.V. and Van Oord ACZ ACZ Ace Combat Zero (game) ACZ Air Combat Zone ACZ Assembly Coder's Zenith ACZ Ashtekar, Corichi, Zapata B.V. a contract for the design, supply and installation 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 (SPM SPM - Sequential Parlog Machine ) system and related pipelines at the Vopak ENOC Fujairah terminal in the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, federation of sheikhdoms (2005 est. pop. 2,563,000), c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. . The pact calls for Bluewater to provide and install a complete SPM system in about 25 m of water at a site 3 km offshore U.A.E. and near the port of Fujairah, including the square turret catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) buoy, the pipeline end manifold, submarine and floating hoses, and twin 24-inch onshore-offshore pipelines. The project will increase the number of tanker berths from two to three at the terminal and enable the facility to load and offload tankers up to 175,000 dwt. Bluewater's consortium partner Van Oord ACZ B.V. is to design and install the pipelines, install the CALM buoy and tie in the new facilities to the terminal's onshore manifold by August 2002. "Vopak chose the CALM buoy concept over a jetty jetty: see coast protection. extension as a more cost-effective and faster solution," Bluewater President Hugo Heerema said. "Our turret buoy design increases loading and offloading efficiency for tankers by minimising maintenance and downtime while safely maximising throughput." Vopak ENOC Fujairah Ltd. is owned 30% by Vopak Terminals (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., 30% by Emirates National Oil Company, 20% by the Fujairah government, and 10% by IPG IPG Implantable pulse generator, see there . Vopak Terminals (Singapore) is a subsidiary of Royal Vopak N.V., the largest logistics company providing shipping, tank storage terminals, iso-container leasing, warehousing, distribution, and agency services to the global chemical, petrochemical and petroleum industries. Based in Gorinchem, The Netherlands, with regional offices in many countries world-wide, Van Oord ACZ provides dredging, marine construction and offshore services, including design, engineering and project execution of works for clients in the private and public sectors worldwide. 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 systems. Bluewater operates worldwide with offices in The Netherlands, Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Singapore. |
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