Tanker owner AET will convert two aframaxes into modular capture vessel (MCV) to fulfill a 20-year contract with Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), Seatrade Asia Online reports. The 107,000 dwt Eagle Texas and her sister ship Eagle Louisiana will shortly undergo extensive conversion and modification at an unnamed yard, before taking up duties in the US Gulf, AET announced on Wednesday.
The aframaxes will be fitted out with dynamic positioning technology as well as processing equipment, additional accommodation and other facilities to enable it to take on its containment role if required.
“MWCC is currently developing an expanded containment response system to capture and contain oil in the event of a potential future underwater well control incident in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico,” said Hor Weng Yew, president and ceo of AET.
MWCC has 10 members: ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Shell, BP, Apache, Anadarko, BHP Billiton, Statoil and Hess.
The aframaxes will be fitted out with dynamic positioning technology as well as processing equipment, additional accommodation and other facilities to enable it to take on its containment role if required.
“MWCC is currently developing an expanded containment response system to capture and contain oil in the event of a potential future underwater well control incident in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico,” said Hor Weng Yew, president and ceo of AET.
MWCC has 10 members: ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Shell, BP, Apache, Anadarko, BHP Billiton, Statoil and Hess.