published Mon, January 30, 2012
Free fall lifeboat systems for world's biggest floating offshore installation - Shell FLNG
Today Norsafe signed the prestige-contract with Samsung Heavy Industries in South-Korea for delivery of large free fall lifeboats and davit arrangements for the world’s biggest floating offshore installation.
Including this contract, the Norsafe Group has secured more than
30 offshore free fall lifeboat systems in their order book.
The Shell FLNG facility itself will be 488 metres long and 74
metres wide. Fully loaded it will weigh around 600,000
tons. Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) is the
complete project name, where Shell is 100% owner and
Operator.
Prelude is an offshore gas field situated 475 km north east of
the city Broome, Western Australia. FLNG technology is an important
development for the LNG industry.
It reduces both the project costs and the environmental
footprint of an LNG development by removing the need for long
pipelines to shore, compression platforms to transfer the gas to
shore, and large land-based processing installations.
With FLNG technology, the gas is processed at the field, where
ocean-going LNG carriers will offload liquefied gas (chilled to
minus 162° Celsius and reduced in volume by 600 times) directly
from the installation at sea for delivery to markets worldwide.
The FLNG installation has been designed to withstand severe
weather conditions, even a Category 5 cyclone. The GES50 free
fall lifeboats from Norsafe are selected from many international
bidders.
This reward represents a strong acknowledgement of Norsafe's
position as the world leader in design and manufacturing of Life
Saving Appliances for ships and offshore installations.
The lifeboats for Shell FLNG have a capacity of 70 persons each
and are certified for a drop height of 40 metres.
Free fall lifeboats offer the crew the safest evacuation of the
installation in an emergency situation.
Norsafe order book reached 1 billion Norwegian kroner in 2011 and
provides a strong commercial foundation for further development of
the company, its products and its customer services.
With Norsafe's strong economical solidity as a foundation, the
market is secured the best products for the future.
The Norsafe Group, with company headquarter at Tromøy near
Arendal (Norway), has more than 700 employees. The company is
running a world-wide business with production, sale, delivery and
service of Life Saving Appliances for shipping and offshore
industry.
The global organization has manufacturing and service
companies in Norway, China, Greece, Mexico, Singapore, South-Korea,
USA, Japan, Brazil and the Netherlands. Furthermore the
organization includes more than 35 service stations spread over all
continents. The Norsafe Group is continuously growing, and new
subsidiaries and service stations are under planning and
establishment.
Date: 30/01/2012