It has been difficult to get Shell to say anything about the upcoming redevelopment of its PENGUINS (SEN, 30/12) field in the UK sector to the north of Brent complex. Now we know more.

Circular fpso specialist Sevan Marine has done two phases of pre-FEED work on the project with FEED work due to begin early next year. As a subsea development, Penguins currently produces 65km to a Brent complex platform which will be abandoned long before Penguins finishes producing.

Sevan which was seen as possible supplier of an fso for Sea Lion (see Floater News) might now might be thinking fpso in a revised scheme. Its hulls which do not require a turret, because they do not weathervane, could be a good concept for this harsh South Atlantic location.

Premier is familiar with the design as Sevan is also doing FEED for its Bream (31/13) prospect in Norway.

From Australia (RW): The lower turret for the ICHTHYS (31/15) project’s condensate fpso has been inserted into the hull at the Daewoo shipyard in South Korea.

Built in Singapore, the 31m 4,200t turret is a major feature of the vessel. Almost everything that enters or leaves the fpso will do so through the turret via chemical injection lines, transfer lines or control and power cables that provide the vessel with fluids, gas and power from the nearby central processing facility.

The turret will also provide the vessel with its mooring hub as the mooring lines connect directly to the turret. This will enable it to weathervane around the turret and withstand cyclonic weather conditions. A manifold and gantry frame will now be added to complete the structure, making it one of the biggest in the world at 85m in height and more than 8,700t.

The fpso is 336m and can store 1mmbbls of condensate extracted from the gas flow at the central processing facility. It will have accommodation for a workforce of 200 people.

From the Editor: McDermott has also delivered the 6,500t 100m tall riser support structure to Inpex for the project. This will sit on the seabed near the semi production unit and will support a 125m arch for the risers.

McD is due to deliver flets, inline tees, manifolds and riser bases to the project, all built at Batam Island in Indonesia.

From the North Sea (NT): BP hopes to have its SKARV (29/20) fpso back onstream this month after production was halted by a short-circuit in a transformer on 2 November. Production had anyway been reduced since September, when it was down by nearly 40% to 99,000boe/d, due to a fault in a riser valve making gas injection impossible.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Chiyoda Corp have come up with an concept for a GREEN FPSO which would have a process system designed to deal with H2 and CO2, separated from produced gas, in an environmentally friendly way.

The hydrogen would be converted into a stable liquid compound (MCH) and be transported for use elsewhere, while the carbon dioxide would be reinjected for use in an EOR process.

The new concept has already received approval in principle from Japanese classification society ClassNK.

Cobalt International expects to make awards for its CAMEIA (31/4) project, offshore Angola, in Q1 2015 including the fpso, subsea hardware and structures and SURF...Ophir Energy has named Excelerate Energy as ‘midstream partner’ for its FORTUNA (31/15) floating LNG project, offshore Equatorial Guinea upstream and midstream FEED contracts to be awarded late this year or early 2015. Project sanction is due in 2016....GE Oil & Gas will supply the compressor train and associated equipment for Petronas’ second FLOATING LNG vessel.

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