FES International, a fluid transfer systems provider to oil and gas operators, has secured four new orders to deliver its Diver Bend Stiffener Connectors (DBSCs) to projects across Asia, Africa and Europe
A total of 31 DBSC orders will be supplied for projects in the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea, Norway; the Vorlich field in the North Sea, UK; the Liuhua field in the South China Sea; and the Zinia 2 field on the Atlantic Coast in Angola.
The deliveries will take place throughout 2019 and 2020.
FES International claims that the DBSC design enables the installation of bend stiffeners in often very congested and confined spaces with little, or no, subsea intervention at all. This is due to the patented automatic end fitting release system that allows for the connection of the bend stiffener and release of the umbilical without subsea intervention, the manufacturer added.
Rob Anderson, managing director of FES International, said, “We have long-established relationships with all four customers who, over the years, have come to trust that FES will deliver well-engineered, robust equipment on time and to budget.
“Each project we work on is unique, and there are often bespoke design requirements, time frames and complex challenges we have to workaround. We approach each with a fresh perspective and collaborate with our customers to ensure we meet stringent specification,” he noted.
“With the Liuhua project, we were presented with challenges related to high design loads. By collaborating closely with the customer, our team came up with an alternative design to one of the connections to provide a solution,” Anderson concluded.
