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Wednesday, August
16 2000
Ceiba Field
FPSO christened in Singapore
Triton
Energy Limited and Bergesen DY Offshore AS of Oslo, Norway, today
christened the Sendje Berge, the floating production, storage
and offloading vessel (FPSO) that will be the cornerstone of
Triton's initial development of the Ceiba Field offshore the
Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
Triton and Bergesen
held the christening ceremony at the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore, where the Sendje Berge, a VLCC (Very
Large Crude Carrier), has been life extended and converted to
an FPSO. Triton chose an FPSO-based development concept for the
Ceiba Field to provide early production and flexibility to cost
effectively increase future production capacity.
Triton is leasing the Sendje Berge from
Bergesen under a multi-year contract. Following completion of
the conversion, expected in September, the Sendje Berge will
sail for Equatorial Guinea, where it is scheduled to begin oil
production by year-end.
The Sendje Berge is a 275,000 dwt steam
tanker. The vessel measures approximately 350 meters (1,150 feet)
in length and 52 meters (170 feet) in width. The vessel's crude
oil storage capacity is 2 million barrels.
ABB Offshore Systems fabricated the initial
oil and gas processing facility of the Sendje Berge, which will
provide onboard processing capacity of 60,000 barrels per day
(bpd). The conversion provides for field addition of production
modules up to a combined capacity of 240,000 bpd, should future
field appraisal warrant, and, if needed, the addition of water
and gas injection facilities.
The Cameron Division of Cooper Cameron
Corporation is providing subsea systems and equipment in the
Ceiba Field including wellheads, subsea production trees, pipeline
end manifolds, and subsea and surface-installed production control
systems for four wells. Cameron's SpoolTree(TM) Subsea Christmas
Tree System will be utilized for 5 1/2-inch tubing completions.
Stolt Offshore Services, S.A. is supplying
and installing flowlines, risers and control umbilicals (provided
by Oceaneering Multiflex) to connect each of the first four production
wells in the Ceiba Field to the FPSO vessel and a riser support
structure. The scope includes approximately 60 kilometers (km)
of 8-inch insulated steel flowlines, 2.8 km of flexible risers
and 30 km of control umbilicals. Equipment has been sized as
a result of flow assurance work, full-field development considerations
and to facilitate hookup of additional wells. Each well will
have two flowlines for production and operational flexibility.
Ceiba Oil Field
Recent activity in the Ceiba Field includes
the completion of the Ceiba-4 well by the Sedco 700 semisubmersible
rig. The Sedco 700 will next complete the Ceiba-2 well, followed
by the Ceiba-3 and Ceiba-1 wells. All of the wells will then
be ready for hookup to the field's early production system.
The R. F. Bauer drillship is expected to
begin drilling the Ceiba-6 well, a significant step-out, by the
end of August. The well, which will be located approximately
2.5 miles south of the Ceiba-4 well, has been designed to delineate
the southeastern extent of the main field and to test the potential
of laminated sands and other secondary reservoirs. The well is
expected to provide key geologic information, allowing refinement
of the field model and drainage plan. The drillship currently
is undertaking preliminary completion work on Ceiba-1. After
drilling Ceiba-6, the Company plans to drill up to six exploration
wells.
Triton announced its Ceiba Field discovery
on October 6, 1999, following drilling and testing of the Ceiba-1
discovery well. Triton has drilled five successful wells in the
field, most recently the Ceiba-5 appraisal well, which confirmed
the primary oil pool found in the four previous wells and encountered
a previously unseen deeper pool with an additional high-quality
reservoir.
The Ceiba Field is in Block G off the continental
coast of Equatorial Guinea. Triton has an 85% working interest
in and is the operator of Block G and the adjacent Block F, which
together encompass an area of approximately 1.3 million acres.
The blocks are located in the Rio Muni Basin, 150 miles south
of the country's capital, Malabo, and off the shore of the city
of Bata. Triton's partner in the blocks is Energy Africa Ltd.
of South Africa, which has the remaining 15% working interest.
Rolls-Royce
Marine busy in Brazil
Strengthening its position in Brazil, Rolls-Royce Marine has
set up a new sales and service center in Rio de Janeiro. It has
recruited Paulo Lemgruber from Interocean to be president of
Rolls-Royce Marine - Commercial, Brazil. Ronaldo Melendez has
been recruited from Gehr International to be commercial sales
director. Other appointments are being made to strengthen the
customer service center providing support to customers using
Rolls-Royce gas turbines, Bergen diesel engines, Ulstein Aquamaster
equipment and Kamewa thrusters.
Rolls-Royce Marine has just signed contracts
for Ulstein Aquamaster propulsion systems for two coastal dredges
to be built in Manaus by the Ebin Shipyard.
Rolls-Royce's plc regional director for
South America, Mike Boden, said: "We now look forward to
providing immediate local support to our marine and naval customers
in Brazil, where we already have substantial equipment in operation
for the harbour and inland workboats, offshore supply boats,
offshore oil producing platforms, visiting cargo ships and a
long relationship with the Brazilian Navy through providing engines
for Brazilian frigates."
U.K.
detains foreign-flag ships
Eight foreign ships were placed under detention in U.K. ports
during July 2000 after failing port state control safety inspections,
the U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) says. They joined
five ships still under detention from previous months. The rate
of detentions compared with inspections carried out over the
last 12 months is 5.8%. This is a slight decrease on the 12-month
rate of 5.9% to June.
The ships detained included:-
A small Belize-flag refrigerated cargo
ship that was still under detention in Fraserburgh at the end
of July. The main engine was inoperative, charts had not been
corrected and the magnetic compass was defective. The 10 deficiencies
included the funnel fire damper being inoperative, the deckhouse
being holed on the aft starboard side and the lifeboat having
no fuel for the engine.
A St Vincent and Grenadines-flag ro-ro
cargo vessel that was also still under detention at Teesside
the end of July. Twenty-one deficiencies were found, including
the stern ramp door not being weathertight, the funnel fire dampers
being inoperative and a fuel oil quick-closing valve being inoperative.
A Liberian-flag general cargo ship spent
a day under detention in Falmouth. Despite being about to depart
from dry-docking after an extensive refit, her lifeboat davits
were in a dangerous condition. The davits were badly corroded
and the falls were not adequately attached.
A list of foreign-flag ships detained following
inspections by surveyors from the MCA is published monthly and
is also placed on the Internet at: http://www.mcagency.org.uk
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