Project Profile
Value: US$1,000 million
Location: Block 18, offshore Angola
Start-up Year: 2007
Water Depth: 1,000m-1,500m
Upstream Oil Reserves: 1,000 million bbl
Area: 140km²
The project will involve a tie-back of six widely separated fields to an FPSO. The development plan is thought to involve the FPSO being located between Plutonio/Cobalto and Galio/Cromio fields with Platina and Paladio tied in as satellites. The base case scenario is also thought to include combination of steel caternary risers combined with single line offset risers.
The subsea contract may cover 40 subsea trees, may be phased. FPSO design is likely to be similar in design to Dalia FPSO, which is spread moored and will have a peak production of 225,000 b/d of oil, a storage capacity of 2 million barrels and 120 beds. The project is located in 3000ft of water.
Operators:
BP: Operator with 50% interest
Consortium with 50% interest:
Sinopec (China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation)
Sonangol (Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola)
Contractors:
Acergy: EPC - Pipeline work in Block 17/18
Consortium for deep water oil export system:
Bluewater Energy Services BV
SBM (Single Buoy Moorings)
DeepSea: Riser tower
Emerson Process Management: Control Systems and SCADA
FMC Technologies: Subsea trees and associated structures, manifolds and production systems
Genesis Oil & Gas Consultants Limited: Conceptual study
Granherne (KBR): pre-FEED contract
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI): EPC - FPSO hull and topside equipment
Joint Venture for umbilicals, risers and flowlines:
Technip
Acergy
KBR: EPC contract
Odfjell: Drilling contract
Subsea 7: EPC - Block 18 to block 3 pipeline and PMC
Sea Trucks Group: Four cooler modules on the Greater Plutonio FPSO
Technip: Engineering and modification services on two FPSO vessels
Transocean: Drilling contractor
WellDynamics (Halliburton): Flow control equipment
Wood Group Kenny: Engineering services
Companies bidding for the FPSO contract:
Dynamic Industries
Sonamet
Petromar LDA
Dietsmann
Oceaneering: Field Support Vessel Services contract with for work offshore Angola on Blocks 18 and 31. Under this contract term extension, Oceaneering will continue to provide project management, engineering, and vessel services through January 2017. Two chartered vessels, the Ocean Intervention III and the Bourbon Oceanteam 101, will continue to be supplied during the contract term extension. Each vessel is outfitted with two Oceaneering work class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) capable of working in 3,000 meters of water. The contract scope of work includes light subsea construction and inspection, maintenance, and repair services on existing and future subsea infrastructure.