DOF Subsea Lands Shell’s IRM Contract For Prelude FLNG Facility

Shell Australia has awarded a five-year inspection, maintenance and repair (IRM) contract for its Prelude FLNG facility to Bergen, Norway-based DOF Subsea.

The contract has two options for two-year extensions to provide full-time underwater services and a multipurpose supply vessel to Prelude, the largest floating facility every built, which will be deployed offshore Western Australia.

DOF Subsea will provide project management, engineering and integrated services as well as the dedicated vessel and options for other vessels.

“This is a very important contract award for DOF Subsea, and the award further strengthens DOF Subsea’s position in the global subsea IMR market,” CEO Mons Aase said in a prepared statement. “We look forward to working with Shell Australia on the world-leading Prelude FLNG facility.”

Ocean Installer Wins Malta Mooring Work

ElectroGas Malta has chosen Stavanger, Norway-based Ocean Installer to procure and install a spread mooring chain system for a floating storage unit (FSU) in Malta.
The FSU in Marsaxlokk Bay will provide regasified LNG to fuel onshore electricity generators at Delimara power station.

“With this project, we further consolidate our position as a provider of competitive mooring services, and by that we again prove our strategy of casting a wider net in a challenging market successful,” Ocean Installer CEO Steinar Riise said in a prepared statement.
Onshore engineering for the project, to be managed from Ocean Installer’s headquarters, is expected to begin immediately.

FPF-1 Starts Sail-Away To Stella Field

The FPF-1 floating production facility has finished final marine system trials and has begun sail-away to the Stella Field, Ithaca Energy said Aug. 5.

The company expects first hydrocarbons from Stella about three months after sail-away.

Located in the central part of the U.K. North Sea in the Graben area, the Greater Stella Area development consists of subsea wells tied back to FPF-1. “To maximize initial oil and condensate production and fill the gas processing facilities on the FPF-1, the hub will start up with five Stella wells,” according to Ithaca. Additional wells will be drilled after startup.

Ithaca holds a 54.66% working interest in the field with partners Dyas and Petrofac holding 25.34% and 20%, respectively.

—Staff Reports

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