Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Awarded Contract For FPSO Located Offshore Angola
VWS Westgarth, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by SBM Inc. for their existing installation, FPSO (Floating Production, Storage & Offloading vessel) Xikomba. FPSO Xikomba was previously operating in Block 15 offshore Angola and is planned for relocation to new moorings in an adjacent area of that block (block 15/06).
The award is for the design, procurement and supply of equipment and provision of construction technical assistance for a single lift module seawater sulphate reduction package (SRP) system with a capacity of 117,455 BPD (18,672 m3/day) and an integrated seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) system with a capacity of 12,075 BPD (1,920 m3/day).
The SRP is designed to remove sulphates and other divalent ions from injection water to enhance oil recovery using Dow Filmtec membranes. The removal of these ions reduces the tendency of barium sulphate and strontium sulphate scale to form in the reservoir.
This new award will be VWS Westgarth's eighth collaboration with SBM Inc. and can be attributed in some manner to the success of the previous SRP projects executed for the company in which VWS Westgarth demonstrated the ability to effectively work with and support the SBM project teams.
The contract will be project managed and engineered in VWS Westgarth's offices in East Kilbride, in the outskirts of Glasgow, where the company's numbers have grown to more than 160 Oil and Gas industry dedicated staff.
VWS Westgarth is a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies company.
Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (VWS), subsidiary of Veolia Water, is a leading design & build company and a specialized provider of technological solutions in water treatment. With over 9,658 employees in 57 countries, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies recorded revenue of €2.15B Euros in 2010.
Veolia Water, the water division of Veolia Environnement, is the world leader in water and wastewater services. Specialized in outsourcing services for municipal authorities, as well as industrial and service companies, it is also one of the world's major designers of technological solutions and constructor of facilities needed in water and wastewater services. With 96,260 employees in 67 countries, Veolia Water provides water service to 100 million people and wastewater service to 71 million. Its 2010 revenue amounted to €12.1B.
SOURCE: Veolia Water Technologies