Keppel secures Bukit Tua FPSO conversion contract
Wednesday, September 18 2013 - 02:01 PM WIB
Singapore firm Keppel Shipyard Ltd has secured Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) conversion contracts from M3nergy Offshore Limited for Bukit Tua field, the company reported Wednesday.
For this project, Keppel Shipyard will undertake refurbishment and life extension works; fabrication and installation of new structures, piping systems, spread-mooring system; upgrading of the living quarters; as well as the installation and integration of the topsides process modules.
Scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2014, the FPSO has been chartered by PC Ketapang II Ltd for its operations in the Bukit Tua field, which is 35 kilometres north of Madura Island, offshore East Java. PC Ketapang II Ltd is unit of Malaysian oil, gas giant Petronas Carigali that operates the Ketapang II block.
The FPSO conversion contract for the Bukit Tua field in Ketapang Block II, was awarded to the consortium PT Trasamudra Usaha Sejahtera - M3nergy Offshore Ltd. M3nergy Offshore is a subsidiary of M3nergy Berhad.
The FPSO will have a production capacity of up to 25,000 barrels per day of liquids and a storage capacity of up to 630,000 barrels.
The block is expected to start oil, gas production late 2014.