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Friday, December 19, 2008
Aker Solutions has been awarded several contracts for the supply of offshore loading systems and deck machinery: one for offshore West Africa and the other two are from Brazil. The contract awards are from Teekay Corporation, Cosco Nantong Shipyard Co., Ltd., and Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. for the supply of offshore loading systems. The Cosco contracts consist of bow loading systems and deck machinery for two shuttle tankers being built for Knutsen OAS Shipping. The contract with Hyundai is for an offloading system for the Usan Floating Production and Storage Offloading Unit (FPSO) offshore
The offloading system to be delivered by Aker Solutions is a configuration of mooring and offloading equipment at the stern/bow of the FSO/FPSO which allows for offshore transfer of crude oil from the FSO/FPSO to a tanker. The system can operate at rates up to 10,000 cubic meters per hour. The Usan FPSO will be located offshore
Delivery of the offshore loading systems will take place within Q3 2009 with the exception of the second bow loading system to Cosco which will take place Q2 2010.
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