Emerson Process Management Awarded $21M Contract

On the heels of being named BP's automation contractor of choice for offshore oil and gas operations in the North Sea, Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson

, has been awarded a $21 million contract to provide integrated control and safety systems for a new BP floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The new vessel, which will replace the existing Schiehallion FPSO, forms part of the North Sea Quad 204 project that will access the remaining hydrocarbon reservoirs in the Schiehallion and Loyal fields, located approximately 130 kilometers west of Shetland, U.K.