Norway-based Harding was awarded contracts to deliver lifeboats and davits to the Culzean offshore gas complex, that will be constructed for Maersk Oil UK by Sembcorp Marine subsidiary SMOE Pte.
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Harding will deliver three FF1200 lifeboats to the utilities and living quarters (ULQ), and one FF1200 to the wellhead platform (WHP), both with LA1200SU davits. The davits are scheduled for delivery by March 2017, with the lifeboats to follow in December of the same year. The WHP/FSO contract is still in bid phase.
The FF1200 is a 70-person freefall lifeboat designed to meet the most stringent standards in the industry, and with just more than 100 delivered, it is among the most popular in the industry, Harding said. The LA1200SU is a skid-launch davit specially designed for the FF1200.
Culzean is one of the largest gas discoveries of recent years in the UK North Sea, and the field center will comprise a 12-slot wellhead platform linked by bridges to a central processing facility supported by a floating storage and offloading vessel, and an installation for utilities and living quarters.
The Culzean win gives Harding a sweep of the latest big offshore contracts, including deliveries of lifeboats and davits to the Heerema heavy lift semisubmersible crane Sleipnir and to the giant Johan Sverdrup field center, Harding said.
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