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Saipem obtains contracts for beyond four billions for two FPSO in Angola
the units Floating Production Storage and Offloading will be of property of Total
April 17, 2014
the Saipem Italian has adjudicated from Total two contracts in Angola for a advanced total value to the four billions of dollars. The main contract, from the value of beyond three billions of dollars, is a EPCI for engineering, supplying, the installation and the putting in service of two means FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) with mooring to turret converted for the plan of development of the extractive field of Kaombo, situated in Blocco 32 to the wide one of Angola. Saipem has adjudicated moreover a contract of seven years for the services of management and maintenance of two means for a value of approximately a billion of dollars.
Saipem has explained that two converted units FPSO, of property of Total, will have each an ability to treatment of oil of 115.000 barrels to the day, an ability to water injection of 200.000 barrels to the day, an ability to compression of the gas of 100 million cubic feet standard to the day and a storage capability of 1,7 million barrels of oil. The scope of the job of the main contract comprises engineering, supplying, the conversion of the oil tankers, the manufacturing and integration of the topside of units FPSO, the installation of the systems of anchorage besides the assembly, the putting in service and the start of the activities. Saipem will supply moreover activity and services of maintenance for units FPSO for seven years.
plan FPSO of Kaombo will be managed by the Saipem Floaters Unit Business with center in France. Part of the activities connected to engineering and supplying, the manufacturing and integration of the modules topside, let alone the putting in service of the works onshore and offshore, will be carried out in Angola. The activities of manufacturing of the topside will take place in the Saipem yard in the island of Karimun, in Indonesia. The conversion of the oil tankers and integration of the modules topside instead will be carried out near a ship yard in Far East. First unit FPSO will be operating within the first trimester of the 2017 and second one within according to trimester of the same year.
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the Saipem Italian has adjudicated from Total two contracts in Angola for a advanced total value to the four billions of dollars. The main contract, from the value of beyond three billions of dollars, is a EPCI for engineering, supplying, the installation and the putting in service of two means FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) with mooring to turret converted for the plan of development of the extractive field of Kaombo, situated in Blocco 32 to the wide one of Angola. Saipem has adjudicated moreover a contract of seven years for the services of management and maintenance of two means for a value of approximately a billion of dollars.
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