Project Profile

Value: US$1.9 billion
Location: Off the North West Cape of Western Australia , Australia
Water Depth: 350 to 420 metres
Production: 46,000 barrels per day
Reserves: 73 MMbo of estimated recoverable reserves

Located off the North West Cape of Western Australia, 30 miles (50 kilometres) northwest of Exmouth, Australia, the Vincent oil field is situated in production license WA-28-L and exploration permit WA-271-P in water depths ranging from 1,148 to 1,378 feet (350 to 420 metres). Discovered in 1998, the Vincent field boasts 73 MMbo of estimated recoverable reserves. Production commenced from the Vincent project on August 27, 2008, with daily production expected to peak at 50,000 bopd. FMC Technologies was tapped to provide the subsea systems for Vincent. Awarded in January 2007, the scope of the project included 11 enhanced vertical subsea trees, two production manifolds, and related control and tie-in systems.

In November 2006, Technip was awarded the contract to supply and install additional subsea facilities on the field. The work scope included the design, engineering, procurement, construction, installation and pre-commissioning of the rigid spools, 11 miles (18 kilometres) of flexible flowlines and risers, 9 miles (14 kilometres) of production umbilicals and the riser holdback anchors. Additionally, Technip was responsible for the installation and tie-in of the high-voltage electrical jumpers. In a seven-year agreement signed in May 2006, project partners awarded the FPSO contract to Maersk Contractors. For a consideration of US$64 million (S$96 million), Keppel won the contract to convert the 308,000 tdw tanker Ellen Maersk into an FPSO. In a subcontract, Maersk Contractors chose Vetco Aibel for the design, fabrication and start-up of the topsides procesing facilities modules for the FPSO, including the gas compression and crude treatment facilities, as well as water injection system. Acergy won the US$40 million contract to transport and install the turret, as well as the subsea manifold and multi-phase pump structures.

The Greater Enfield Project requires development of 6 subsea production wells and 6 water injection wells. Production will be supported by subsea multiphase booster pumps in the Laverda area and gas lift in the Cimatti area. The project is targeting development of gross (100%) 2P reserves of 69 MMboe (net Woodside share of 41 MMboe) from the Laverda Canyon, Norton over Laverda and Cimatti oil accumulations. (June, 2016)

Operators:

Woodside Energy: Operator with 60% interest

Mitsui & Co.: 40% interest


Contractors:

FMC Technologies: Subsea systems

Technip: EPC contract

- awarded a large subsea contract from Woodside Petroleum to support the development of the Greater Enfield Project. The company will carry out work on the contract including project management, design, engineering, procurement, installation and pre-commissioning. (August, 2016)

Maersk Contractors: FPSO contract

Keppel Offshore & Marine: convert tanker into FPSO
- the modification and upgrading of the FPSO vessel Ngujima-Yin to support the Greater Enfield Project
- The shipyard’s job scope includes marine and hull life extension and refurbishment works; installation of new customised water flood module, turret risers and power and control module; as well as modification of swivel system, marine and topside related piping. (July, 2016)

Acergy: Transport and install the turret, subsea manifolds and multi-phase pump structures

Aibel: FEED contract in connection with the subsea tie back to the Ngujima-Yin FPSO. The FPSO will undergo modifications to the topsides, hull and turret. Aibel\\\'s scope of work includes management, engineering and provision of procurement services for FEED (Front End Engineering and Design). The contract also holds an option for the project\'s execution phase.

Aibel (Singapore): E&P contract for modifications on Ngujima-Yin FPSO. The FPSO will undergo modifications to the topsides, hull and turret, along with installation of a new custom water flood module. The contract includes, detailed marine and topsides engineering and procurement services as well as commissioning services. (July, 2016)

oneSubsea (Cameron and Schlumberger company): Front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Greater Enfield Area Development offshore northwest Australia, located in Production Licence WA-28-L. The FEED study, which will be conducted by OneSubsea’s local team in Perth, will include the design of the full subsea production system architecture solution, including subsea multiphase boosting, for the field that will be tied-back to the existing Ngujima-Yin FPSO.

- awarded an EPC contract to supply a subsea production system and a dual multiphase boosting system for the Greater Enfield Project. (July, 2016)

Benthic: Contract by Woodside to undertake offshore geotechnical site investigations for the Greater Enfield Development located off the coast of Western Australia. Benthic’s PROD3 (Portable Remotely Operated Drill) will execute the projects consecutively from the Jaya Vigilant. Jaya Vigilant will transit to the Greater Enfield Development site to perform site investigation services. (November 2015)

Neptune: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) services contract from Woodside Energy Ltd. The contract is for deep water AUV services to perform a pipeline route investigation survey on the Greater Enfield Development. The Greater Enfield Development is located approximately 40 km off the north-west coast of Australia, with a water depth of approximately 900m. Neptune will utilise its Bluefin 21 AUV survey platform to collect high resolution Multi Beam Echo sounder (MBES), Side Scan Sonar (SSS) and Sub Bottom Profiler (SBP) data. The survey will gather seabed and near seabed shallow geological information for engineering studies in support of the Front End Engineering Design (FEED). (December 2015)

GE: Contracted  to supply its MV7Series 5 Level (MV7-5L) drive on the FPSO unit.


Subcontractors:

Vetco Aibel: Design, fabrication and start-up of the topsides processing facilities modules for the FPSO awarded by Maersk contractors.

Nexans: to provide umbilical and accessories for the project (July, 2016)