Bluewater Bags Rosebank FPSO Deal

Bluewater Energy Services B.V. has been awarded a contract from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the engineering, procurement, construction and integration (EPCI) of a major Turret and Mooring System for the Rosebank Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel.

The Rosebank FPSO will be located approximately 175 kilometres northwest of the Shetland Islands, with a water depth of approximately 1,100 meters.

According to Bluewater, the Rosebank Turret and Mooring System, which will permanently anchor the FPSO at its offshore location and allow it to weathervane, will be one of the largest Turret and Mooring Systems ever designed and built, being about 80 metres in height, with a process manifold/turntable of about 34 meter in diameter.

Bluewater Energy Services B.V. will supply the Turret and Mooring System for integration at the construction yard of HHI in Ulsan, South Korea, where the Rosebank FPSO will be fabricated.