Hyundai completes FPSO dock

Hyundai Heavy Industries has completed work on the world?s first dedicated dry dock for FPSO vessels. The new “H dock” is the single largest dry dock in the world at 490m long, 115m across and 13.5m deep. The Ulsan-based company said it will be used to build ships of up to 1 million tonnes.

The first FPSO ship to be built at the new dock will be the USAN EPSO ordered by Elf Petroleum Nigeria Ltd. in February 2008. Hyundai will receive $1.6 billion for the ship, which is designed to store and refine large quantities of crude oil and gas. The vessel to be built for the subsidiary of France-based Total SA will be 320m long, 61m wide and 32m deep.