EnQuest’s option to purchase Bluewater’s FPSO Uisge Gorm has been exercised and the sale was completed on Wednesday 25th of January 2012.
EnQuest will deploy the FPSO on the UK Alma and Galia fields. Bluewater will continue to assist EnQuest with certain conversion related engineering scopes as well as the turnkey supply of part of the turret mooring system related hardware.
The Bluewater group of companies has built a technological lead specializing in lease and operation of tanker-based Production and Storage (FPSO/FSO) systems, and has become a leading provider of advanced Single Point Mooring (SPM) systems. Bluewater operates worldwide with offices in The Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, Nigeria, Angola, Malaysia, Russia and China.
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World Maritime News Staff, January 27, 2012; Image: Bluewater