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FPSO Solution
On 7 July 2011, TH Heavy Engineering Berhad announced the acquisition of its first Floating Production Storage & Offloading System (FPSO), an offshore floater solution comprising a vessel equipped with high-capacity crude oil production facility.
For TH Heavy, this major decision is solidly backed by the anticipation of a robust upstream scenario worldwide where global capital expenditure on deepwater projects is expected to be around USD167 billion between 2010 and 20141 . By becoming the owner of FPSO DeepProducer 1, TH Heavy will immediately infuse diversification from its core expertise by providing practical floating production solutions for marginal fields, early production systems (EPS) and extended well test (EWT).
In Malaysia particularly, the offshore exploration activities are shifting into deeper waters after the success of the 1st deepwater E&P venture with Murphy Oil in Aug 2007 at the Kikeh field, 110km offshore Sabah with water depth of 4,400ft. Furthermore, PETRONAS’s recent move into the development of marginal fields through the introduction of risk service contracts (RSC) for the Berantai and Sepat fields for example, have resulted in more demands for floating production solution providers to participate in this growing upstream segment.
TH Heavy’s bold move into the floater market will greatly complement its existing capabilities as a major offshore structures fabricator and provider of other related O&G services like manufacturing and servicing of cranes, hook up, commissioning and installation, marine and engineering services, to secure more opportunities within the expansive O&G chain of activities. TH Heavy’s acquisition of FPSO Deep Producer 1 will be its first step to explore into greater waters.
*Source from Douglas-Westwood The World Deepwater Market Report 2010-2014, http://www.dw-1.com/shop/shop-infopage.php
Details
| Vessel Owner | TH Heavy Engineering Berhad - Taken over from Deep Produser AS (part of the FPSOcean Group) |
| Build | Tsuneshi Japan Shipyard in 1981 |
| Previous Names | Ex. Shuttle Tanker Laurita, Nordic Laurita, Nordic Challenger, Houston Accord |
| Flag / IMO No. | Norway / 8000616 |
| Class | DnV class notation 1A1 Ship Shaped Oil Production And Storage Unit, DYNPOS-AUTR (DP-2), PROD |
| Status | Undergoing conversion at DWD, 80% completed |
| LOA / LBP | 243.8 meter / 235.0 meter |
| Depth / Breath | 19.5 meter / 32.2 meter |
| Draft Fully Loaded | 12.5 meter |
| Displacement | 82,450 tonnes (fully loaded) |
| Operating Paremeters | |
| Design Life | 10 years, class renewal every 5th year, extendable to 10 years |
| Water Depth | From 100 meter down to 3,000 meter (based on DP system) |
| Environmental Condition | Analyzed for Offshore Brazil, Gulf Mexico and West of Africa |
| Operating | Up to significant wave height of 6.0 meter |
| Stand by | Up to significant wave height of 7.5 meter |
| Disconnect | For significant wave height in excess of 7.5 meter |
| Reconnect | Up to significant wave height of 3 meter |
| Offloading | Up to significant wave height of 3 meter |
| Tanks | |
| Cargo Tanks | 5 + 4 |
| Fuel Oil Capacity | 2,380 m3 |
| Capacity Single Sided | 400,000 bbls (98% full) |
| Capacity Double Sided | 323,000 bbls (98% full) |
| Diesel Oil Capacity | 240 m3 |
| Fresh Water Capacity | 465 m3 |
| Slop capacity (Decanting) | 5,850 m3 |
| Coating | Ballast tanks fully coated cargo tanks to 2m above bottom |
| Ballast | 32,325 m3 |
| Pumps | |
| Ballast | 1 Off Electrical 2,000 m/h |
| Cargo | 3 Off Steam Driven 2,000 m3/h |
| Stripping | 1 Off Reciprocal 350 m3/h |
| Fire Water | - 1 Off Electric driven Fire Water Pump in Midship Pump Room - 1 Off Electrical Driven Fire Water Pump in Engine Room on emergency Power - Both Pumps are Feeding New Ring Main |
| DP System | |
| DP System | Kongsberg Maritime DP Control System to IMO Class 2 |
| Main Engine | Mitsui B&W 6L 80 GFC 15,800 bhp with Variable Pitch Propeller |
| Bow Thruster | 1 Off Rolls Royce 1,400 KW existing |
| Azimuth Thruster | 4 Off Schottel Type SRP 4040 LSU FP 3.8 MW Azimuth Thruster (new) |
| Turbine Generator | 2 Off Siemens SGT 500 17 MW dual fuel (existing) |
| Shaft Alternator | 1 Off 1,688 KW Driving Bow Thruster (existing) |
| Auxiliaries | 2 Off Daihutsu 6DSD 500 KW (existing) |
| Emergency | 1 Off 38 KW for Steering Gear (existing) |
| Emergency Gen | Volvo D65a 1,532 KW (existing) |
| Electrical System & Utilities | ||
| Electrical | 13.8 KV and 4.16 KV Switchboard | |
| Boiler | 16 t/h Saturated Steam @ 16 Bar – Aalborg | |
| Inert Gas | 7,500 mVh | |
| Instrument Air | 738 Nm3/ h @ 8 Bar ISO 8573.1 Class 2 | |
| Material Handling & Offloading | ||
| Crane | 1Electrical Hydraulic With a Max Capacity of 10 tons @ 27m Arm (15 tons @ 17m Arm) | |
| Hawser Winch | 250 kN Operating Tension, 140m Polyster Hawser | |
| Offloading Metering | 4000 m3/ h @ +/- 0.25% Accuracy | |
| Accommodation & Lifesavings Equipment | ||
| Accommodation | 56 Person | |
| Lifeboats | 2 x 35 Man + 2 x 25 Man Covered Lifeboats | |
| MOD | Yes | |
| Life Rafts | 2 x 35 Man aft – f l x 25 Man Forward | |
| Helideck | S61N | |
