Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine’s unit Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters has secured a contract from TechnipFMC for a newbuild FPSO set to serve Energean’s Karish and Tanin gas field in the Mediterranean.
Sembcorp Marine’s unit will undertake the engineering, procurement and construction hull and living quarters for the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, the statement reads.
The contract includes fabrication and integration of various topside modules, as well as installation of owner-furnished equipment.
The FPSO’s hull is approximately 227m long and 50m wide, with a total oil storage capacity of 800,000 bbls and gas production capacity of 8 billion cubic meters per annum.
Scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2020, the FPSO will be deployed at the Energean-operated Karish and Tanin deepwater field developments in the Eastern Mediterranean, approximately 90 kilometers offshore Israel.