Keppel Shipyard Nears Delivery Of Yinson’s FPSO Unit
Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Keppel Shipyard said it is on track to safely deliver an FPSO vessel to Yinson Production (West Africa) Pte. Ltd. (Yinson) on time and within budget.
Named John Agyekum Kufuor, the spread-moored FPSO unit will be chartered by Eni Ghana E&P Ltd. to process oil and gas from the Offshore Cape Three Points Block offshore Ghana.
Keppel said the vessel has a storage capacity of 1.7 MMbbl, with an oil processing capacity of 58,000 bbl/d and design life of 20 years without dry docking. The vessel can be moored in an average water depth of 1,000 m (3,280 ft) and has a total topside weight of almost 15,000 tonnes.
The shipyard’s work included modification work; new equipment installation along with associated piping, electrical and instrumental systems; plus installation and integration of the FPSO process topsides, the company said.
COSCO Shipping Sets Record FPSO Loading
COSCO Shipping’s recent FPSO vessel delivery set a record. The Xin Guang Hua semisubmersible ship loaded and delivered a Chinese-made floating platform that weighed nearly 32,000 tons for an offshore oilfield.
The giant FPSO vessel was built at a Nantong shipyard for Britain’s Dana Petroleum. It is 118 m (387 ft) high with a platform diameter of 87 m (285 ft).
It took about two weeks to move the structure from the shipyard onto the deck of Xin Guang Hua, COSCO said. It the heaviest and largest structure ever handled by a COSCO vessel.
—Staff Reports
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