Vulcan’s node models help secure contract

SHEFFIELD Forgemasters’ specialist offshore design and engineering division, Vulcan SFM, has announced a major contract win.

The contract, on behalf of Hyundai and Technip, is the largest ever secured by Vulcan SFM. It will see delivery of what is believed to be the largest cast steel nodes ever made, for the floating Spar gas production platform, which will be the first of its type to operate in the Norwegian Sea.

Vulcan SFM will deliver 12 large castings for the Spar, operated by Statoil ASA on behalf of the partners OMV, ConocoPhillips and Statoil. It will see service in the deep water Aasta Hansteen field off the coast of Norway.

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Paul Mockford, design director at Vulcan SFM, said: “With depths of more than 4,200 feet this is a deep water application and floating platforms are the only real option.

“The castings will be made in a specially developed and proven grade of steel, offering a balance of strength, toughness and weldability.

“Like all the cast nodes we have designed and supplied over the past 30 years, these castings will need to withstand immense stresses when in use. Vulcan SFM has a strong track record in the supply of this type of component.”

Vulcan’s involvement in the project is expected to continue until March 2014.

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