World oils: October 2010

Offshore staff

KUALA LUMPUR. Malaysia -- Leighton Offshore has relaunched its crane barge Leighton Mynx following an upgrade program.

The scope of work included the installation of new accommodation facilities for 165 personnel, a CAP437-compliant helideck, hull strengthening, new 50-metric ton (55-ton) mooring winches and associated control system, and three new 820 kW main generators and one 520 kW emergency generator.

Leighton also added a new Manitowoc 16000 crawler crane (400-metric ton, or 441-ton, capacity), designed for offshore use.

The vessel, built in 2006, has performed installation of five single point moorings on the east and west coasts of India and completed topside modifications on the Mumbai High field.

Leighton Mynx is now being mobilized to northwest India to undertake work associated with the Mangala pipeline project for Cairn Energy India.

09/27/2010

This is an extract from http://www.pennenergy.com/index/petroleum/display/0375640449/articles/offshore/equipment-engineering/asia-pacific/2010/09/crane-barge_undergoes.html

Sembcorp lands FPSO contracts

Singapore-based rig builder Sembcorp has secured two floating production, storage and offloading contracts worth S$75 million (US$56.7 million) to be carried out at its Sembawang shipyard.

Upstream staff 28 September 2010 06:12 GMT

Sembcorp said the first contract was awarded by Norway’s BW Offshore for the conversion of a 97,000 dead weight tonnage tanker, BW Genie, into a floating production unit.

The company will carry out engineering and fabrication works including the installation of a new helideck and flare tower as well as upgrades to the accommodation facilities.

Sembcorp will also carry out repairs to extend the life of the vessel for another 20 years and expects to re-deliver the vessel to BW Offshore during the fourth quarter of next year to be stationed at the Terang Sirasun Batur field, offshore Indonesia.

The second contract was awarded by Bluewater Energy Services to upgrade the Glas Dowr FPSO and extend the life of the vessel for another 10 years.

Sembcorp said work on the vessel was expected to be completed during the second quarter of 2011 for deployment in the Kitan field in the Timor Sea.

Published: 28 September 2010 06:12 GMT
Last updated: 28 September 2010 08:26 GMT

This is an extract from http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article230643.ece

SEA-Tank opens Antwerp terminal

SEA-Tank Terminal Antwerp, a member of the SEA-Invest Group, has opened a new terminal for the storage of fuel oils, gasoils, petrol and biofuels.

The terminal, built at quay 254-312 at the 6th Harbour dock in the Port of Antwerp, harbours 515,000m3 of storage capacity in 30 liquid tanks ranging from 1,000m³ up to 48,000m³. There is also the potential to expand the surface area a further 80,000m².

The €150 million terminal will have a total estimate throughput of 7 million tonnes a year. It has three product group tank pits and two multi-product group tank pits. Pumping capacity is up to 3,000 m³/h. It can accommodate sea-going vessels up to 150,000 DWT, LOA 295m, with a draft of 14.5m.

The terminal also boasts 14 loading positions of which seven berths are for barges, five berths for mid-range sea-going vessels, and two berths are for large range sea-going vessels. It has 27 product group dedicated marine loading arms.

The terminal can be considered as a benchmark in its kind, addressing all possible needs of its customers with regards to storage, mixing and blending activities, the company comments. Furthermore, the unique jetty allows simultaneous loading and unloading of numerous vessels, while delay time is further reduced by dedicated lines and loading arms to avoid time consuming cleaning operations.

In addition the facility has high level of process control and automatisation, optimising quality assurance, efficiency and safety in its operations.

All tanks are equipped with water and foam protection in case of emergency and the whole terminal has an automated emergency intervention programme which can be activated from the safety of the control rooms. To minimise its environmental impact, the relevant tanks have internal floating roofs and loading emission are treated in a specialised vapour recovery unit.

SEA-Tank Terminal, the liquid division of SEA-invest, has a total storage capacity of 1.1 million m³ in six terminals located at two ports in Belgium (Ghent and Antwerp) and two ports in France (Rouen and Bordeaux).

This is an extract from http://www.biofuels-news.com/industry_news.php?item_id=2602

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