Construction progress of Jangkrik FPU reaches 90%

By Godang Sitompul

Saipem

Construction progress of a new barge floating production unit (FPU) for Jangkrik and Jangkrik North East Gas Field Development in Muara Bakau PSC, East Kalimantan, has reached around 90 percent this week.

This was said by Eko Hariadi, Head of unit for the acceleration of Jangkrik project at upstream oil and gas authority SKK Migas, to Petromindo.com on Thursday.

Eko said that the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI-1) work of the FPU is expected to be fully completed at the end of July of next year.

PT Saipem Indonesia, a subsidiary of Italian firm Saipem S.p.A, and PT Chiyoda International Indonesia, a subsidiary of Japanese firm Chiyoda Corporation, won the EPCI-1 contract for the Jangkrik FPU in February of 2014.

The contract is valued at $1.1 billion. Saipem and Chiyoda collaborate with PT Tripatra Engineering and Construction and Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd (HHI) for the project with Saipem as the leader.

The new-build spread-moored FPU will have the capacity to treat 450MMSCFD of gas plus condensates (LPG) and the scope of work includes engineering, procurement, fabrication of the FPU (Hull and Topside) and the installation of a mooring system as well as hook-up, commissioning and assistance to the start-up. Gas produced by the FPU will be delivered through the existing East Kalimantan Pipeline facilities to Bontang LNG Plants, which were constructed by Chiyoda.

The topsides fabrication activities of the FPU have been carried out in Saipem?s Karimun Yard, in Riau Province, Indonesia, while the hull are fabricated in HHI?s shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea.

Eko said that the top sides will be integrated with the hull on December 7-9 at the Saipem Karimun Yard.

The Jangkrik project covers two fields in Muara Bakau PSC, namely Jangkrik and Jangkrik North East fields. Eni is the operator of the block with a 55 percent working interest, whereas the other JV partners are GDF Suez Exploration Indonesia, a subsidiary of ENGIE, formerly GDF SUEZ, with 33.334 percent stake and Saka Energi Muara Bakau with 11.666 percent stake.

Editing by Reiner Simanjuntak