ITC Global to provide comms for five FPSOs in W. Africa

ITC Global, a provider of satellite communications to offshore sites, has been awarded two contracts to provide remote offshore communications to five floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels based in Western Africa.

The company said both contracts spanned three years with services being delivered to several major European-based oil and gas companies including Saipem and Eni S.p.A.

The FPSOs, operating in the Congo, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea, are each outfitted with two C-band stabilized antennas, delivering between 4 and 10 Mbps high data rate service to the vessels. The custom engineered solution was designed to enable increased automation at the remote site, reducing the number of remote workers required on each FPSO at one time.

Joe Spytek, Chief Executive Officer, ITC Global, said: “While some oil and gas service providers have responded to recent market dynamics through consolidations and cost cuts, ITC Global is focused on putting customers in the best position to weather industry headwinds and be prepared for growth.”

In August 2015, ITC Global was acquired by Panasonic Corporation of North America and now operates as an independent unit of Panasonic Avionics Corporation.