Bluewater Completes Sale of FPSO Uisge Gorm to EnQuest

EnQuest’s option to purchase Bluewater’s FPSO Uisge Gorm has been exercised and the sale was completed on Wednesday 25th of January 2012.

EnQuest will deploy the FPSO on the UK Alma and Galia fields. Bluewater will continue to assist EnQuest with certain conversion related engineering scopes as well as the turnkey supply of part of the turret mooring system related hardware.

 Uisge Gorm

The Uisge Gorm is the fourth Bluewater designed, built, owned and operated Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO). The vessel entered operation 16 August 1995 at the Fife field for Amerada Hess. In 1997 the Fergus field was tied in and in October 1998 first oil from a second tie-in, Flora, was produced. In October 2001 a third tie in was completed with the addition of the Angus field. The Uisge Gorm left the field late 2008 and has been laid-up in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

About EnQuest

EnQuest are the UK’s leading independent oil operator in the North Sea with a dynamic management team and exciting growth plans to develop operations further in the UKCS. This contract role is part of the Knightsbridge project team based on site in Europe.

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Offshore Nieuws Staff , January 30, 2012; Image: Bluewater