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Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured the integration and upgrade of contracts worth a combined value of around US$160 million (US$118,3 million).
Keppel said on Wednesday that the contracts had been secured through its subsidiaries, Keppel Shipyard and Keppel FELS. The first contract is between Keppel Shipyard and an unnamed operator of oil and gas production vessels for fabrication and integration work on a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel.
The shipyard's scope of work includes the fabrication of the various topside modules, the riser deck, the mooring and umbilical support structures, as well as the installation and integration of associated equipment and all topside modules into the FPSO.
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Work is expected to start in 3Q 2019 and delivery is expected in 2021.
Drill Update with Diamond Offshore
The second contract is between Keppel FELS and Diamond Offshore for the upgrade of the semi-submersible drilling rig Ocean Onyx. Diamond Offshore and Keppel FELS have collaborated on over 12 projects since 2005.
Keppel FELS' scope of work on the semi-sub platform includes the engineering, fabrication and installation of new pontoons, columns, struts and a wing deck. Ocean Onyx was first upgraded in 2012 by Keppel AmFELS, Keppel O&M's US shipyard, from a former semi-submersible platform.
Scheduled for delivery in 2H 2019, Ocean Onyx will initially be deployed offshore Australia. As previously reported, Ocean Onyx has been contracted by Beach Energy for drilling in the Otway Basin off the coast of Victoria. The first well to be drilled in the Otway da Praia program will be the Artisan gas exploration well, located in the VIC / P43 license.
Karl Sellers, Senior Vice President – Technical Services at Diamond Offshore said: “Keppel FELS has proven to be a reliable partner for our equipment repairs and upgrades over the years and we are pleased to be working with them again on the Ocean Onyx upgrade. ”
