Feature 2 | FPSO/ FSO CONVERSIONS
Long term partnerships underpin Keppel’s FPSO success
Contracts from repeat customers swell the yard’s orderbook. ast year
Two, FPSO Okha and FPSO Aseng, were for Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) Offshore and two more, FSO Sepat and FPSO Armada TGT 1, were for the Malaysian firm, Bumi Armada. Te remaining three conversions, FPSO Lewek Emas, FPSO P-58 and FPSO OSX-1 were for Emas, Petrobras and OSX respectively. Tis year the yard is busy on a number of
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different FPSO/FSO projects secured over the past 12 months or so. In the first quarter of 2012 Keppel Shipyard completed the upgrading and turret installation work for Rubicon’s FPSO Rubicon Intrepid and has five further FPSO conversions underway. Tese are FPSO Cidade de Paraty, FPSO Cidade de Anchieta and FPSO OSX-2 for SBM; an FPSO for Petrofac, called FPSO Berantai and another for Bumi Armada, provisionally called FPSO D1. In addition Keppel is working on a FSO conversion for Perenco, FSO Massongo, and the FSU Tenega Empat for MISC. Keppel enjoys an exceptionally close
working relationship with SBM, which has seen the two companies collaborate
saw Singapore’s Keppel
Shipyard complete a total of seven FPSO or FSO conversion projects.
FPSO OSX -1 was completed at Keppel last year.
on 14 completed projects to date. Of the ongoing projects, FPSO OSX-2 involves the conversion from a VLCC, Concorde Spirit, for OSX Brazil. Tis FPSO is due for completion in the second quarter of 2013 and the scope of work at Keppel includes refurbishment and life extension, the extension of the
accommodation block so it can take up to 80 persons, and the installation of a new flare tower, internal turret mooring system and topside module supports. Te yard will also install and integrate the topside modules. Other current projects for SBM involve the fast-track modification and upgrading of the
Keppel Shipyard has worked with Bumi Armada on all its major conversions to date, including Armada TGT 1.
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Shiprepair and Conversion Technology 2nd Quarter 2012
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