Trelleborg’s offshore operation has been awarded a fast track contract to produce over 80 laminated elastomeric bearings for MODEC, the specialist for offshore floating solutions. The first delivery was made on July 2019 and the bearings will be installed on a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for use in the Area 1 block offshore Mexico.
Elastomeric bearings are produced with steel plates encased within the rubber and installed between the hull of a vessel and the vessel’s modules. They are used to accommodate axial, shear and rotational movement. By doing so, they keep a vessel’s modules safe from the impact, damage, and deformation that can arise from adverse sea and weather conditions.
MODEC will own the FPSO and provide the operations and maintenance services to Eni Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. for an initial 15 year period with the option of one-year extensions for a further 5 years. The FPSO will be capable of processing 90,000 barrels of crude oil per day, 75 million cubic feet of gas per day, 120,000 barrels of water injection per day and have a storage capacity of 700,000 barrels of crude oil. The first oil production by the FPSO is planned for 2021.
