Seatrium secures bp contract for Tiber FPU in Gulf of Mexico

Seatrium has received a declaration from BP Exploration and Production (bp) for the engineering, procurement, operation and onshore commissioning of the Tiber floating accumulation portion (FPU) successful the Gulf of Mexico (GoM).

This declaration follows a memorandum of knowing (MOU) signed betwixt Seatrium and bp successful February for the Tiber FPU project.

It represents Seatrium’s 2nd consecutive deep-water duty for bp, pursuing the grant of the Kaskida FPU successful December past year.

The Tiber FPU is designed with a accumulation capableness of 80,000 barrels of crude lipid per time and volition diagnostic precocious technologies to amended operational ratio and safety.

It volition process lipid from the Tiber and Guadalupe fields successful the Keathley Canyon country of the GoM, astir 300 miles (482km) south-west of New Orleans, successful h2o depths of astir 4,100ft.

Seatrium Energy enforcement vice-president William Gu said: “The Tiber FPU grant marks a important milestone successful our narration with bp and underscores the spot of our series-build attack for the Gulf of America accumulation units.

“It besides highlights Seatrium’s expanding foothold successful the FPU segment, delivering exceptional prime and ratio with uncompromising information done maximum on-ground completion and single-lift capability.

“Drawing connected lessons learned from our increasing portfolio of FPU projects, we volition proceed to construe acquisition into execution excellence. Our committedness remains steadfast successful supporting bp’s offshore developments.”

Seatrium volition replicate much than 85% of the Tiber FPU plan from the Kaskida FPU, utilizing established plan processes and incorporating champion practices for enhanced task implementation.

This attack is intended to amended proviso concatenation absorption done standardised procurement and coordinated readying crossed some projects.

The replication strategy volition spot Seatrium pat cardinal engineering and commissioning partners, on with instrumentality suppliers, to support consistency and ratio successful task execution.

Seatrium volition employment its single-lift integration method, utilizing its Goliath duplicate cranes, for the installation of the topside for the Tiber FPU.

The duplicate cranes person a combined lifting capableness of 30,000 tonnes.

This method enables the topside to beryllium completed and tested astatine crushed level earlier installation, maximising task readiness and operational reliability.

The Tiber FPU joins a bid of FPUs delivered oregon nether operation by Seatrium for planetary vigor operators.

This task follows the ongoing operation of Shell's Sparta and bp's Kaskida FPUs, arsenic good arsenic the palmy completion of Shell’s Vito and Whale newbuild FPUs successful 2021 and 2023, respectively.