Keppel Offshore & Marine's (Keppel O&M) wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) is on track to deliver one of the world's largest Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels (FPSO) to Bumi Armada Berhad (Bumi Armada) for operations in offshore Angola, the company said in its press release.
The naming ceremony of the FPSO, Armada Olombendo, was held at Keppel Shipyard earlier this month.
Keppel Shipyard converted a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) tanker to an FPSO which measures 382 metres in length with the external turret and 58 metres in width. Armada Olombendo has a design life of 20 years and will be deployed to block 15/06 East Hub Field Development off Angola to fulfill its charter contract for the exploration and production company, Eni Angola.
Keppel Shipyard's work scope for the Armada Olombendo project includes refurbishment and life extension works, upgrading of living quarters to accommodate 100 personnel, fabrication and installation of an external turret mooring system as well as the fabrication, installation and integration of topside process modules.
Armada Olombendo is able to handle crude oil production capacity of 80,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd), 120,000 bpd of water injection, 120 million standard cubic feet (MMscf) of gas handling and has a net storage capacity of 1.7 million barrels.
About Keppel Shipyard
Keppel Shipyard is the trusted industry name for the repair, conversion and upgrading of a diverse range of vessels, and a global leader in the conversion of Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels, Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) vessels and Floating Storage and Re-gasification Units (FSRU), as well as the fabrication and installation of turrets and mooring systems, and topside process modules. Keppel Shipyard is currently undertaking the world's first-of-its-type Floating Liquefaction Facility conversion.
About Bumi Armada
Bumi Armada Berhad is a Malaysia-based international offshore energy facilities and services provider with a presence in over 17 countries spread across five continents, supported by over 1,600 people from over 30 nationalities.