Hoegh awards SOFEC for mooring system works

By Romel S. Gurky

Houston-based MODEC Inc. has announced the award of a Tower Yoke Mooring System by H?egh LNG to subsidiary, SOFEC Inc., a global supplier of marine terminal, turret and spread mooring systems, for the development of Lampung FSRU.

The company said in a statement that the Tower Yoke will provide a permanent mooring for the FSRU, 20 km offshore, south east Sumatra, in a water depth of 23 meters. The system includes a Swivel Stack assembly and riser piping to export gas through a single 24? gas export line.

Import gas will be supplied by LNG Carriers which will moor for side by side offloading to the FSRU. In addition to the local weather conditions the system will also be designed to withstand earthquakes. DNV is the chosen Classification Society Standard.

This contract represents SOFEC's fifth tower yoke project.

SOFEC designs and provides a full range of offshore mooring systems, marine terminals and fluid transfer systems, which may be designed to handle crude oil, LPG, petrochemicals and even products such as food-grade oils and potable water.

Editing by Dadan Wijaksana