Swiber with JV partner completes floatover installation of central processing platform for NC - 3 Gas Field off Sarawak
Swiber Holdings Limited together with its Joint Venture partner Alam Maritim Sdn Bhd , Malaysia, has successfully completed its offshore installation scope of work for the NC3 Field, a part of the SK 316 Gas Development Project off Sarawak Malaysia, the company said in its press release.
The NC 3 Field Development EPCIC project for PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd , Malaysia was awarded to TMJV (Technip – MMHE Joint Venture). TMJV subcontracted the Offshore T&I (Transportation and Installation) scope to Alam Swiber Sdn Bhd.
The scope of work was divided into two campaigns. The first campaign involve d the transportation and installation of a Wellhead Platform Jacket and Topside (WHP) , the launching and installation of a 9,500mT Central P rocess Platform Jacket ( CPP ) as well as the installation of a link Bridge between the CPP and WHP Platforms . The offshore installation for Campaign 1 was successfully executed in between March and May 2015. The second campaign involved the installation by Float - Over of the 13,000m TCPP Topside on the previously installed Jacket. It was executed with in a challenging offshore installation schedule from the 08 th to the 13 th of September 2015.
Actual mating of the topside was performed in less than 4 hours on 12 th September 2015. For these operations, Swiber utilised its in - house vessels, mainly the Derrick Lay Barge Swiber Kaizen 4000 , the Float - over and Launch Barges Holmen Pacific and Holmen Atlantic, as well as an array of Offshore Support Vessels.