Offshore staff
OSLO, Norway — BW Offshore provided a progress report on its BW Opal newbuild asset. The FPSO will be deployed at Santos' Barossa gas project offshore Australia.
BW Offshore stated on its LinkedIn Feb. 9: "With one of the largest FPSO hulls ever built and delivered from SKOP [SK Oceanplant yard] in South Korea on 28 October last year, the team is now working hard to complete construction of the topside modules in Dyna-Mac and the turret modules in Profab whilst integration and commissioning activities have started in the Seatrium Tuas Boulevard Yard.
"So far, we have lifted nine of the topside modules (including the E-house) and on 4 February the first shipboard turret module was integrated into the hull. This was a very critical lift, flawlessly executed using the Asian Hercules III floating crane. The module itself, is an extra source of pride to BW Offshore as the shipboard turret is designed and managed completely inhouse."
After completion of integration and commissioning, the BW Opal FPSO will head to Australia to start production at the Barossa project. BW Offshore is responsible for EPCI and operation of the FPSO.
Located 300 km offshore Darwin, Australia, the Barossa gas field is scheduled for first production in first-half 2025.
The gas field will be developed via the BW Opal FPSO with six subsea production wells, infield facilities, and a gas export pipeline tied into the Bayu-Undan to Darwin pipeline system that supplies gas to Darwin LNG.
02.09.2024
