posted on 12/14/2009
The Neptune Deepwater Port Project offshore Gloucester, Massachusetts, moves forward with the installation of four diverless bend stiffeners for risers and umbilicals on two submerged turret loading (STL) buoys. The Neptune LNG facility features a buoy system where LNG vessels will moor and discharge revaporized LNG by using onboard vaporization equipment. The natural gas will be transported via a subsea pipeline into the existing Algonquin pipeline system's HubLine which will deliver the natural gas to customers throughout Massachusetts and New England.
Subsea connector specialist First Subsea installed the bend stiffeners for the two buoys, which will be used for mooring LNG regas vessels at the Neptune Deep Water Port. The bend stiffeners for each of the STL buoys are used for gas offloading risers and umbilicals carrying electrics and hydraulics. The bend stiffeners, which Trelleborg Offshore UK supplied, are connected using the First Subsea diverless bend stiffener connectors. The buoy was pre-fitted with female DBSC connectors to which the male connectors with the risers and umbilicals were installed.
Source: http://www.oilonline.com/News/NewsArticles/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/24492/Neptune-LNG-bend-stiffeners-installed.aspx
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