Trelleborg wins €10 million order for deep water oil hose systems

Trelleborg, Sweden -- The Trelleborg Group has secured its first major order for a newly-developed hose system for deep-water oil projects. The unique system is the first of its kind able to cope with demanding deep-water environments. The order value is estimated to approximately SEK 100 million (Euro 10.5 million), and the system will be used in a major oil extraction project outside West Africa. Delivery will take place during 2006.

Following more than two years of development in cooperation with the international engineering company Single Buoy Moorings Group, Trelleborg Engineered Systems has developed Trelline, a flexible rubber-and-steel hose system specially adapted for oil projects in very deep waters.

The hose system will be used for connecting a deepwater Floating Production, Storage and Offshore Loading rig to a CALM Buoy system.

Trelleborg said its Trelline system uses superior of rubber materials compared to other systems. Advantages, said Trelleborg, involve weight, flexibility, insulation characteristics, resistance to fatigue and corrosion, as well as low-cost installation and maintenance.