Process system integrators DPS (Bristol) Ltd have announced first oil through the D-111 jack-up rig stationed on the Morsa West field offshore Angola.

Sonangol’s West Morsa marginal field development project was awarded to Angola Drilling Company (ADC), having previously been rejected as uneconomic by other companies. However, working closely together both DPS and ADC have managed to supply a viable and economic shallow-water solution in the form of a jack-up which acts as a 20,000 bpd Central Processing Facility (CPF).

DPS had EPC responsibilities for all process and utility systems onboard the central processing facility, which included surveying the original rig to ensure that the required processing and power generation systems could be installed, the subsequent design and supply of the integrated system, as well as infield and export flow assurance studies.