AIS LANDS MAJOR CONTRACT FOR CONTRAFLEX JACKETS IN BRAZIL

Gloucester-based AIS (formerly Advanced Insulation Systems), a global leader in the design and manufacture of insulation and passive fire protection systems, has been awarded a substantial contract to provide its ContraFlex advanced insulation jackets for a FPSO – floating production storage and o oading –vessel in Brazil.

The contract was awarded by a Japanese company operating in Brazil.

The contract includes 400 sq m of thermal insulation for valves, flanges and pipes. It also includes the installation of all jackets after delivery.

This is AIS in Brazil’s first substantial order for thermal insulation for o shore applications.

The jackets will be installed in the Brazilian pre-salt area, in the Santos Basin. The FPSO – which produces crude oil and gas at sea – is capable of processing 150,000 barrels of oil per day, 280 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, and has a storage capacity of 1,600,000 barrels of total fluids.