Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine reassures shareholders as vote nears on Feb 16 for Keppel Offshore merger
Sembcorp Marine, the Singapore-based shipbuilding and conversions yard for offshore energy platforms, including for the LNG sector, has issued a further explanation to shareholders scheduled to meet on February 16 to vote on the merger with Keppel Offshore and Marine.
Australian LNG operator Woodside gives plant turnaround date as Senegal’s Sangomar project advances
Woodside Energy, the operator of the North West Shelf and Pluto LNG plants in Western Australia, has issued its 2023 guidance including a maintenance shutdown at the Pluto facility and marked progress on the Sangomar field development offshore Senegal in West Africa.
American Bureau of Shipping approves offshore repair method for facilities crucial to LNG and energy
The American Bureau of Shipping, the US classification society, has approved a new offshore repair method developed jointly by Japanese companies Modec and Toray Industries for hull structures of floating oil and gas production facilities essential to many LNG and energy projects.
McDermott International pursues oil and gas work for Gulf of Mexico in addition to Gulf Coast LNG
McDermott International, the US LNG and energy engineering company, said it sent out the second shipment of topside modules for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for Japan’s MODEC Inc to operate for oil and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico.
The departure comes just weeks after the first shipment of modules sailed away from McDermott's Altamira fabrication facility located in Mexico,, near the Altamira LNG import terminal.
The FPSO will be located in the Area 1 block, approximately six miles (10 kilometres) off the coast of Mexico in the shallow waters of the Campeche Bay at a water depth of approximately 105 feet (32 metres).
“Our MODEC project fabrication team at McDermott's Altamira Fabrication Yard continues to deliver for our customer with this latest shipment of modules," said Mark Coscio, Senior Vice President of Mcdermott for North, Central and South America.
“Our strong, local team remains focused on safety and execution excellence as we work to complete the modules needed for the EPCI fixed platform,” he explained.
The MODEC project scope of work consists of five FPSO topside modules, which will be delivered to the client in two shipments.
This second shipment includes modules that will provide inlet separators, oil separation, a flare KO Drum and sand clean-up materials for the FPSO.
The modules will travel from McDermott's Altamira fabrication facility to Singapore where integration will be performed at the Dyna-Mac Fabrication Yard.
MODEC is responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction, mobilization, installation and operation of the FPSO, including topsides processing equipment as well as hull and marine systems.
SOFEC, Inc., a MODEC group company, will design and supply the disconnectable tower yoke mooring system of the FPSO.
The FPSO will be capable of processing 90,000 barrels of crude oil per day, 75 million cubic feet of natural gas per day, 120,000 barrels of water injection per day and have a storage capacity of 900,000 barrels of crude.
The first oil and natural gas production by the FPSO is planned for 2021.
Woodside moves on Browse Basin feed-gas for LNG volumes at Western Australia plant
US LNG and energy company KBR said it won a concept definition engineering contract for the two natural gas floating production storage and offloading facilities for the proposed development to send Browse Basin feed-gas to the North West Shelf liquefaction and gas plant in Western Australia.
