The Cidade de Itaguaí fpso has been anchored in 2,240m in the Iracema Norte area of the LULA (SEN 32/4) field in the Santos Basin off Brazil.

The fpso has capacity to process 150,000b/d of oil and compress 8mcm/d of of natural gas.

Oil production in the field is scheduled to begin in Q3.

The Cidade de Itaguaí will be connected to eight production wells and nine injection wells.

The natural gas will be exported to shore via a subsea gas pipeline. The unit is also capable of storing 1.6mmbbls of oil and injecting 264,000b/d of water.

Overall, 65% of the fpso was produced in Brazil and 12 of its modules were built in Brazil: 10 at the EBE shipyard in Itaguaí, Rio de Janeiro; and two at the Schahin shipyard in São Sebastião, São Paulo.

The modules were integrated at the BrasFELS shipyard in Angra dos Reis in Rio.

The Iracema Norte area of Lula field is located in exploration block BM-S-11, in the pre-salt layer of Santos Basin. BM-S-11 is being developed by operator Petrobras with a 65% stake, BG 25% and Petrogal Brasil 10%.

Tullow Oil said its offshore Ghana TEN (32/1) fpso project continues to make excellent progress and remains within budget and on schedule for first oil in mid-2016.

Important milestones on the project achieved during Q2 included: the running of the first two of 10 well completions; the installation of the turret on the bow of the fpso; the first in-country fabrication works made ready for the start of the offshore installation campaign in mid-July; and specialist subsea manifolds and umbilicals from the US made ready for transport to Ghana.

Meanwhile, work continues to incorporate the Mahogany, Teak and Akasa resources in the Greater Jubilee full field development plan which the partnership plans to submit to the government of Ghana by year-end.

From Australia (LB): Dubai-based Drydocks World has completed the world’s largest turret mooring system for Shell’s PRELUDE (32/5) flng project off northwestern Australia.

The turret is almost 100m high, weighs over 11,000t and has a diameter of 26m. Drydocks World has to date delivered five modules for the Shell flng turret mooring system.

‘This project exemplifies the global nature of the offshore industry, with designs completed in Monaco, construction in Dubai, the modules shipped to South Korea, and for use off Australia,’ Drydocks World said.

Eni has signed two agreements with Pertamina for the purchase and sale of lng from the JANGKRIK fields development project offshore Indonesia. Pertamina will buy 1.4mt/a of lng starting from 2017.

The project consists of the development of the Jangkrik and Jangkrik North-East fields and requires the drilling of production wells to be linked to an fpu for gas and condensate treatment, and subsea pipeline laying for transportation to the Bontag Terminal. Production start-up is expected in 2017.

The Jangkrik fields, discovered in the Muara Bakau block in 2009 and 2011, are located in 400m in the Makassar Strait. Eni (55%) operates for GDF Suez and Saka Energi Muara Bakau.

Eni ceo Claudio Descalzi said, 'The signing of these agreements represents a key milestone for the Jangkrik Field Development Project. It is one of the first deepwater gas projects in Indonesia being developed under a fast track scheme, and confirms Eni’s commitment in supplying gas for the development of the Indonesian domestic market.’

Teekay Offshore Partners has completed the acquisition of the Petrojarl Knarr fpso from Teekay Corporation for $1.26bn.

Teekay said the fpso has completed all the required operational testing and has commenced its full charter rate under the long-term contract on the KNARR (32/7) oil and gas field in the Nowegian Sea for BG.

The fpso acquisition was financed through an existing $745mn long-term debt facility and $550mn of equity financings.

Technip has scooped a topsides detailed engineering and procurement services contract from Jurong Shipyard in Singapore for conversion of a shuttle tanker into an fpso.

The fpso will be based in the LIBRA (32/5) field, offshore Brazil in 2,500m. Once completed, it will have a capacity of 50,000b/d of oil and 4mmcm/d of natural gas.

Technip’s operating centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will execute the contract which is scheduled for completion during the second semester of 2016.

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