Parker Bestobell Marine secures largest contract to date

SHEFFIELD, UK -- Parker Bestobell Marine, part of Parker, has secured a nine vessel order, worth $5 million, making it the single biggest order that the company to date.

The contract is with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in South Korea to supply cryogenic globe and the vessels are part of a series of 15 liquid natural gas (LNG) carriers destined for the Yamal gas field in Russian Siberia. Parker Bestobell Marine has already secured orders for the other six vessels.

Photo Courtesy of Paker Bestobell Marine.

"The fact that our valves have been specified for such a large and prestigious project is testament to the quality of manufacture and design, as well as the long term, reliable performance in the field,” Duncan Gaskin, Market Development Manager at Parker Bestobell Marine, said.

The ships are designed specifically for the LNG Yamal project in Russian Siberia. The 15 Arc7 ice-class gas carriers will operate in Arctic conditions, with temperatures as low as -54°C.  They will be required to independently navigate ice more than 2 m thick in a region that is ice-bound for up to nine months of the year. Here, more than 200 wells will be drilled to extract LNG, which offers an annual capacity of 5.5 MT, in the largest and most complex project of its type. Each of the 15 icebreaker vessels has a capacity of 170,000 m³ and will ship LNG to the international markets.

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