Offshore staff
SINGAPORE – Keppel Shipyard has delivered what it claims is the world’s fastest brownfield FPSO modification and upgrading project safely and on time.
The FPSO Abigail-Joseph was delivered to Yinson Nepeta Production Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yinson Holdings Berhad.
The project was delivered in less than seven months, according to Chris Ong, CEO of Keppel Offshore & Marine.
Keppel’s scope included refurbishment and life extension work, engineering and procurement, fabrication and installation of new structures including the helideck and riser balcony, as well as the installation, integration, and completion of topsides modules.
Chartered by First Exploration and Petroleum Development Co. Ltd. on a firm seven-year contract with options to extend, the FPSO Abigail-Joseph will be deployed at the Anyala-Madu field in OML 83/85 offshore Nigeria.
The FPSO Abigail-Joseph has a processing capacity of 50,000 b/d of oil and 60,000 b/d of liquid. It also has a gas compression capacity of 34 MMscf/d and a storage capacity of not less than 550,000 bbl of oil. It is designed for 15 years of operations without dry docking.
02/26/2020
