Keppel Offshore & Marine’s (Keppel O&M) wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) will deliver Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels (FPSO) to Bumi Armada Berhad (Bumi Armada) for operations in offshore Angola.
The naming ceremony of the FPSO, Armada Olombendo, was held recently. 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.
