Allseas expects a yard in the Far East to handle the main construction work, with a facility in Europe managing final completion, leading to delivery in 2010. The vessel will have a topsides lift capacity of 48,000 tons and a jacket lift capacity of 25,000 tons. Its pipelay tension capacity of 1,500 tons will be 50% greater than Allseas' Solitaire.
The company has also issued requests for quotations concerning the power generating plant, valued at around $130.4 million. Bids are due in by Feb. 23. The scope includes eight diesel engines, eight generators, and 12 thrusters.
Source: Offshore magazine, 02.02.2007 [Image: "font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: en-gb; mso-ansi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: arial; mso-hansi-font-family: arial">Excalibur Engineering]
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“"font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: en-gb; mso-ansi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: arial; mso-hansi-font-family: arial">Excalibur Engineering has been touting the Pieter Schelte for some years. The catamaran concept from Excalibur Engineering - part of the "font-family: arial; mso-ansi-language: en-gb; mso-ansi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: arial; mso-hansi-font-family: arial">Allseas Group owned by Edward Heerema - was originally based on converting two 300,000-deadweight tonnes tankers to provide a SLV for jackets and topsides. […] Its huge size is intended to provide stability offshore in severe sea conditions, supplemented by hydraulic motion compensation equipment. Its principal benefits include single piece lifting, minimizing offshore cutting, preparation and cleaning of separation equipment and minimization of risk-exposure during offshore operations.”
Allseas expects a yard in the Far East to handle the main construction work, with a facility in Europe managing final completion, leading to delivery in 2010. The vessel will have a topsides lift capacity of 48,000 tons and a jacket lift capacity of 25,000 tons. Its pipelay tension capacity of 1,500 tons will be 50% greater than Allseas' Solitaire.
The company has also issued requests for quotations concerning the power generating plant, valued at around $130.4 million. Bids are due in by Feb. 23. The scope includes eight diesel engines, eight generators, and 12 thrusters.
Source: Offshore magazine, 02.02.2007 [Image: Excalibur Engineering]
à E&P, back in nov. 2004:
“Excalibur Engineering has been touting the Pieter Schelte for some years. The catamaran concept from Excalibur Engineering - part of the Allseas Group owned by Edward Heerema - was originally based on converting two 300,000-deadweight tonnes tankers to provide a SLV for jackets and topsides. […] Its huge size is intended to provide stability offshore in severe sea conditions, supplemented by hydraulic motion compensation equipment. Its principal benefits include single piece lifting, minimizing offshore cutting, preparation and cleaning of separation equipment and minimization of risk-exposure during offshore operations.”
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