
Keppel delivers FPSO to Yinson
Keppel has said it has delivered the world’s fastest brownfield FPSO modification and upgrading project.
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Keppel has said it has delivered the world’s fastest brownfield FPSO modification and upgrading project.

The contract, worth in excess of £100 million pounds, will see ASCO continue to provide a fully managed and integrated, logistics, materials management, waste and marine gas oil supply service.

The company is to acquire a 12.5% interest in Block 2B located in the Orange Basin.

Wintershall Dea Norge AS is in the process of concluding the drilling of appraisal well 6604/5-2 S, located about 113 km southwest of the Aasta Hansteen field.

The overall site, which is being developed by Saudi Aramco, is expected to be the largest maritime industries complex in the Kingdom and the Middle East region in terms of production, capacity and scale.

The contracts are for the fabrication of some units of topside modules for a FPSO vessel, pipe racks and skids.

The company has completed consecutive as-built and post-construction, anchor-debris-clearance surveys using remotely operated vehicles (ROV) for McDermott International.

Azinam will become the operator and 50% licence holder in Block 2B offshore South Africa, which contains the A-J1 oil discovery.

The field development plan for the Nam Du and U Minh gas fields, offshore southwest Vietnam, is in the final stages of the formal Vietnamese Government approval process.

The centre will train drilling and well control personnel in the onshore and offshore oil and gas industry, with the aim of boosting competence and safety.

Equinor has concluded that the project’s potential is not commercially competitive.

The contract is expected to start in April 2020.