Keppel O&M delivers fastest brownfield FPSO upgrade

The firm took seven months to modify and upgrade the vessel.

Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) delivered the world’s fastest brownfield floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) modification and upgrading project to a subsidiary of Yinson Holdings Berhad.

Keppel O&M CEO Chris Ong said they were able to upgrade the vessel, called FPSO Abigail-Joseph, within seven months.

Keppel’s scope in this project includes refurbishment and life extension work, engineering and procurement, fabrication and installation of new structures including the helideck and riser balcony, as well as the installation, integration and completion of topside modules.

Chartered by First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company (FIRST E&P) on a firm seven-year contract with options to extend, FPSO Abigail-Joseph will be deployed in Block OML 83/85 in the Anyala-Madu field, Niger State, Nigeria.

FPSO Abigail-Joseph has a processing capacity of 50,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) and 60,000 barrels of liquid per day (blpd). It also has a gas compression capacity of 34 million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd) and a storage capacity of not less than 550,000 barrels of oil. It is designed for 15 years of operations without dry docking.