First Subsea completes Neptune STL Buoys diverless bend stiffener installation
The UK's leading supplier of subsea connection systems, First Subsea Ltd is an innovator in subsea connection and mooring systems for deepwater platforms, FPSOs, subsea field buoy, pipeline and turret architectures and marine energy. It is also a member of the Subsea UK Trade Group and The Society for Underwater Technology.The first company to develop and deploy ball and taper-based mooring technology, First Subsea's Ballgrab connection system is currently used for buoy moorings to FPSOs and deep water SPAR buoys, diverless bend stiffener connectors, pipeline recovery tools, production risers including SCRs. New markets include marine energy moorings and handling solutions for wind, wave and tidal devices.
Designed and tested in accordance with certifying authority standards, Ballgrabs are available in a range of sizes up to 2500mT MBL. Used in over 250 subsea mooring installations worldwide, recent Ballgrab projects include BP’s Mad Dog SPAR, Ocean Confidence Drilling Programme and Thunder Horse PLET Tie-back systems, ExxonMobil’s Erha and Kizomba Drilling Programmes, Kerr McGee’s Constitution, Gunnison and Red Hawk SPARs, Murphy’s Kikeh and Thunder Hawk projects, Total’s Dalia and Akpo projects, Nexen’s Ettrick and Shell's Perdido development.
First Subsea has its head office and engineering offices and R&D facilities in Lancaster, UK, and sales offices in Aberdeen and Houston. An ISO 9001 registered company, quality management and innovation in research and development are an essential part of the motivating force underpinning First Subsea's products and services. First Subsea is part of First Tech, a privately owned company based in Aberdeen.
