Offshore staff

HOOFDDORP, the Netherlands --Lukoil Nizhnevolzhskneft has awarded a contract to Bluewater Energy Services B.V. for a Soft Yoke Mooring System for oil export from Yurii Korchagin field in 20 m (66 ft) of water 200 km (124 mi) offshore in the Caspian Sea.

Oil will come from a platform some 60 km (37 mi) north of the mooring system location via pipeline to an FPSO permanently moored to the system. Shuttle tankers will transport the crude. The mooring system will be designed to withstand a thick ice sheet.

Bluewater's contract covers design, procurement, and fabrication, and will include a disconnection system. Delivery is scheduled for the second half of 2008.

02/14/2007