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Consortium Win $1.2B Petrobras Deal
The consortium of Keppel FELS Brasil S/A and Technip Brasil Engenharia, Instalacoes e Apoio Maritimo S/A (Technip), FSTP Pte Ltd, has secured a $1.2 billion contract to build a semisubmersible Floating Production Unit (FPU) for Petrobras Netherlands BV (PNBV). FSTP is a 75/25 consortium company between Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) and Technip. The rig, to be named P-56, is expected to be delivered ex-yard in the last quarter of 2010. P-56 will be a repeat of the P-51 FPU which is currently being built at Keppel FELS Brasil's BrasFELS yard. With this contract, the total orders secured todate in 2007 by Keppel O&M is $4.3 billion. Keppel FELS Brasil will carry out the detailed engineering of the lower hull and accommodation, as well as the construction and integration of the entire FPU. Technip will be responsible for the overall engineering and detailed engineering of the topside and offshore mating. With displacement of 50,000 tons, the FPU will be 110 m long and wide, and 125 meters tall. It is expected to operate for 25 years. The P-56 will be positioned at depths of 1,700 m and about 124 km off the coast. Capable of processing and treating 170,000 barrels of liquids and 100,000 barrels of 16� API oil, 6 million cubic meters of natural gas, and of injecting some 280,000 barrels of water in the reservoir, the P-56 will be connected to 22 wells, 11 of which are oil and gas producers and 11 are to inject water.
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Bruce C. Heezen Visits Vietnam
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Oceanographic survey ship Bruce C. Heezen is pushed to the pier by commercial tugs as the ship makes her first visit to Vietnam. While in Vietnam, Heezen will host representatives from Vietnam's Hydro-Meteorological Service and other agencies. Briefings and static displays will include an overview of the U.S. Navy's oceanographic program and will demonstrate the value of hydrographic, oceanographic and meteorological data in ocean prediction as well as safe and secure navigation. (U.S. Navy photo by Edward Baxter)
Navantia Tapped to Build Amphibious Ships
Prime Minister, John Howard, Minister of Defence, Brendan Nelson and the Australian shipyard, Tenix, have signed in Melbourne, in presence of Juan Pedro G�mez Ja�n, CEO of Navantia, as the main partner, the contract for which the Spanish company will build for the Royal Australian Navy, 2 amphibious ships, very similar to the LHD that Navantia is currently building for the Spanish Navy. The Spanish offer for the construction of these ships is based in the LHD, currently under construction, and was selected over the French company Armaris offer, because it completely fitted the Royal Australian Navy requireMaritime Reporter & Engineering News
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