Alstom turbine order

Alstom has announced its third FPSO gas turbine order in two months. The French company will supply three gas turbines, worth over $6 million, to a shipyard in Singapore from its Lincoln, UK factory. The order is for two 6.75MW Tornado gas turbine generating sets and one 4.9MW Typhoon gas turbine pump driver. The gas turbines will be low-emission, dual-fuel, three-point mounted units. They will have stainless steel ducting and enclosures for offshore duty. The units are scheduled for delivery by February 2002. The FPSO, a conversion of a 255,000 dwt VLCC, will have an oil storage capacity of 1.6 million bbls. It is owned by Single Buoy Moorings Inc (SBM) of Switzerland and will operate offshore Brazil.