Anchor Contracting, owned by Inocean, has delivered a complete Mid Water Arch (MWA) system to its customer NOV Flexibles (previous NKT Flexibles).
The MWA will be a part of a FPSO set-up contracted by Indian state owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and the Malaysian operator Bumi Armada for the D-1 oilfield at Bombay High offshore the Mumbai coast. The system was handed over to NOV Flexibles in Batam on the contractual date ultimo September this year.
The MWA will support three 9-inch and one 4 –inch risers plus two umbilicals that will reach from the sea floor up to the FPSO, which is planned for installation 4th quarter 2012.
MWAs are the main product of Anchor Contracting. In recent years, the company has delivered MWAs to installations in the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, offshore Brazil, the Far East and West Coast of Africa. This MWA is designed at the office in Oslo for fabrication at the yard in Indonesia. Included in the delivery is a weighted anchor (Gravity Base split type) with a submerged weight of 370 t, which will keep the MWA in position, connected with two 34-meter chain tethers.
Anchor Contracting offers MWAs designed for all typical installation methods and low lifting capacity vessels. The technology enables the MWA transport and installation with AHTS equipped with cranes. This reduces the installation costs significantly and eliminates the need for specialized installation vessels.
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Press Release, November 14, 2012