FES International completes project for CLOV field development

FES International has completed a US$ 4 million project to design and manufacture 19 diverless bend stiffener connectors (DBSCs) for NOV/Subsea 7.

The DBSCs are to be installed on the CLOV floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, in Block 17 off the west coast of Africa.

The project formed part of the preparations for drilling which commenced in 2012, with oil production commencing earlier this year.

As part of the project, latching mechanisms on the DBSCs were tailored and manufactured to fit CLOV project specifications. The solution provided an automatic intervention, which offers safer and more reliable connections.

Managing Director of FES International, Rob Anderson, commented: “We’ve a long-standing relationship with NOV and this is a great example of us delivering yet another smooth and successful project.

“Usually DBSCs are designed with what’s called ‘female’ latching, however in this instance, we had to amend the design and manufacture the industry’s first ‘male’ latch DBSC. We know one solution doesn’t fit all and this underlines our commitment to designing flexible solutions to suit the needs of different projects.”

CLOV is a four-field cluster on the North West sector of Angola’s deep offshore Block 17.The four fields that make up CLOV include Cravo, Lirio, Orquidea and Violeta.

The CLOV FPSO unit has a capacity of 160,000 bpd and connects 34 subsea wells to the unit.

Adapted from press release by Katie Woodward

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