Emerson Process Management will supply 34 Dantorque hydraulic valve actuators for use on the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel being built for the White Rose development project, offshore Newfoundland in E. Canada. The compact, concentric-designed double-acting actuators will operate Galperti double-ball valves on the riser connections in the critical turret loading area of the FPSO. The units will provide automated on/off control and emergency shutdown (ESD) service in that area. The White Rose purpose-built FPSO, with its hull currently being constructed by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, will operate in approximately 400-foot water depths and is expected to produce first oil in late 2005.
