MODEC opts to equip Guyana-bound FPSO with Norwegian firm’s compressor system

Norway’s compressed air systems provider TMC Compressors has actually won a handle Japan’s MODEC to provide a large-capacity marine compressed air system on board a drifting, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel predestined to operate at ExxonMobil’s 5th oil advancement in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana.

Thanks to this agreement, TMC Compressors will supply a large-capacity marine compressed air system, consisting of compressors for control and service air, to MODEC’s FPSO Errea Wittuwhich will be positioned on ExxonMobil’s $12.7 billionUaru jobapprovedin April 2023. The start-up of the task is targeted in 2026.

Hans Petter TanumTMC’s Director of Sales and Business Development, commented: “Our compressors have actually been established exclusively for marine and overseas usage. They are not land-based compressors that have actually been marinized. Our company believe this makes it possible for the most robust and dependable devices, which is necessary when you are running it on an FSPO offshore.”

According to the Norwegian gamer, which protected a comparable offer with Yinson Production for an Angola-based FPSO in January 2024, the devices for the deal with MODEC’s FPSO will be made and put together in Europe.

Offshore Frontier Solutions, a MODEC Group business, is accountable for the engineering, procurement, and building and construction work for the FPSO Errea Wittu based upon the company’s M350 newbuild hull. An event to mark the start of building for the FPSO was hung on February 2, 2024.

With a topside developed to produce roughly 250,000 barrels of oil each day, the vessel will have an involved gas treatment capability of 540 million cubic feet daily, a water injection capability of 350,000 barrels each day, and produced water capability of 300,000 barrels daily.

MODEC has actually currently granted numerous agreements for the FPSO Errea Wittu. While Jumbo Offshore Installation Contractors isdealing with the pre-installationof the mooring spread of the vessel, the FPSO mooring system, including an overall of 19 mooring legs, will be provided by SOFEC, a MODEC Group business.

In addition, ABB has actually beenemployed to providea total electrical system and associated digital services for the FPSO. The Swiss gamer will supply a topside and hull electrical system through a pre-built ABB eHouse modular substation. The business will likewise provide power management options to enhance energy effectiveness and possession schedule of all provided electrical devices.