Feature 2
Keppel Shipyard expands FPSO
repertoire
Keppel Shipyard has secured a contract for the upgrade and conversion
of tanker to a FPSO and also announced delivery of a converted FPSO for
EOC Limited.
alaysia-based owner and operator Armada Perdana is expected to be deployed while the engineering, procurement and
of offshore support vessels, for use at Oyo field, offshore Nigeria, by topside fabrication were in progress in
MBumi Armada Berhad, has September 2009. Singapore. Th e vessel then sailed to Keppel
awarded a contract to Keppel Shipyard for Meanwhile, Keppel Shipyard has Shipyard to complete the remaining
the upgrade and conversion of a tanker into announced the delivery of FPSO Lewek conversion and integration of topside works.
a FPSO facility. Th e upgrade work includes Arunothai to EOC Limited. Th e 725,000bbl EOC Limited has announced that it
the fabrication, installation and integration FPSO is the fi rst FPSO that Keppel Shipyard has successfully delivered FPSO Lewek
of a 12-point spread mooring system, riser has converted for EOC. Lewek Arunothai Arunothai on time and within specifi cations
balcony, topside facilities and upgrade of is capable of exporting 175mmscfd of to PTTEP plc in Th ailand for a contract
accommodation and auxiliary support natural gas. worth up to US$400 million – its largest
systems. Due for completion in the fi rst half Converted from oil tanker M.T. Kitty to date in value terms. Among the biggest
of 2009, FPSO Armada Perdana will have a Knutsen, the refurbishment and life extension gas FPSOs operating in the world, Lewek
storage capacity of 1 million barrels of oil and of FPSO Lewek Arunothai was carried out at Arunothai will be deployed in the Gulf of
be capable of processing 40,000bopd. Keppel’s Subic Shipyard, The Philippines, Th ailand. OMT
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