Pump maker secures another order to supply wellboats
Norwegian pump and liquid handling specialist PG Flow Solutions will deliver eight of the company’s large seawater circulation pumps to each of two vessels being built for the world’s biggest wellboat operator, Sølvtrans.
The company will also supply various engine room pumps that are required for the main engine and support engines, plus various other general-purpose pumps as required for operating the wellboats, it said in a press release.
The two new wellboats are newbuilds number 211 and 212 from Norwegian shipbuilder Aas Mek. Verksted. At year-end 2020, PG Flow Solutions won contracts to deliver similar pump systems to newbuilds 208, 209 and 210.
Smooth cooperation
“We are highly familiar with Aas Mek’s working methods and vessel design, and they know our pump technology very well,” Øyvind Berg, vice president of sales and marketing at PG Flow Solutions.
“I think we both view our cooperation as smooth and relatively risk-free, while at the same time being acutely aware of the strict quality requirements we always must deliver according to.”
The two sister wellboats are of the yard’s own design, type AAS 3002 ST. Each vessel has a load capacity of 3,000m³ across two wells. The vessels are 76.96 metres long and 17.80 metres wide and will be delivered to Sølvtrans during 2023.
The seawater circulation pumps ensure continuous seawater circulation in the boat’s wells and have been developed to ensure best possible animal welfare, PG Flow Solutions said.
The vessel crew can easily maintain the pumps themselves, without support from an external service technician, which keeps operating costs down.
