Wärtsilä has received an award for supplier excellence from CNOOC, the China National Offshore Oil Corporation. After rigorous internal evaluation by project management teams, 28 Chinese and international vendors participating in nine of CNOOC’s major projects were honoured.
Wärtsilä is involved in four of these projects. This was the first time that CNOOC had arranged such an event to recognise its best suppliers, and the awards were presented at a ceremony held in Beijing.
Deepwater Pipe-Laying and Crane Vessel
The project for which the company received the award involves the construction and commissioning of the deepwater pipe-laying and crane vessel named Hai Yang Shi You 201 (HYSY 201). The vessel will be used in the construction and installation of infrastructure needed to develop offshore deepwater oil & gas fields worldwide. Wärtsilä supplied the diesel-electric power generation system, as well as the vessel’s steerable thruster-driven positioning system.
Other Projects
Other projects involving offshore production facilities in which Wärtsilä has co-operated with CNOOC during recent years, include the NB 35-2 fixed production platform (delivered in 2006), the Nanhai FSPO (delivered in 2008), and a semi-submersible drilling rig (delivery scheduled for 2010).
Picture: The deepwater pipe-laying and crane vessel Hai Yang Shi You 201 (source: https://www.wartsila.com/Wartsila/global/docs/en/about_us/twentyfour7/1_2008/deepwater-pipelaying-environmentally-safe.pdf[Wärtsilä stakeholder magazine, Twentyfour7, issue No 1-2008])
