Subsea 7 taps Jumbo for Western Isles FPSO moorings installation
March 27, 2014
Subsea 7 has contracted Jumbo to install the mooring piles and chains of the FPSO for Dana Petroleum’s Western Isles development project in the UK northern North Sea.
Dana Petroleum's Western Isles development
Offshore staff
SCHIEDAM, the Netherlands – Subsea 7 has contracted Jumbo to install the mooring piles and chains of the FPSO for Dana Petroleum’s Western Isles development project in the UK northern North Sea.
Jumbo’s DP heavy-lift vesselFairplayer, which features two 900-metric ton (990-ton) deepwater cranes, is expected to start the program in July.
The same vessel is booked for mooring installations this summer for Ithaca Energy’sGreater Stella Area project in the central UK sector.
Western Isles is in block 210/24a, 90 km (56 mi) east of Shetland in 160 m (525 ft) of water. It is being developed via subsea wells tied back to a central FPSO. Oil will be exported by shuttle tanker with produced gas sent through a dedicated pipeline to TAQA’s Tern platform.
