The Woodside Energy Ltd.-operated development phase of the SNE oil field offshore Senegal has let the front-end engineering and design contract for the floating production, storage, and offloading facility to MODEC International Inc.
This follows award of the subsea FEED scope to Subsea Integration Alliance last December.
Woodside said that following FEED and subject to necessary government and joint venture approvals, it anticipated that further contracts will be awarded to MODEC to supply, charter, and operate the FPSO facility.
Chief Executive Officer Peter Coleman said securing an FPSO facility is a huge step for the joint venture and will allow the project team to complete the technical and commercial activities required to support a final investment decision, targeted for midyear.
The development concept is a stand-alone FPSO facility with 23 subsea wells comprising 11 producers, 10 water injectors, and 2 gas injectors plus supporting subsea infrastructure.
The FPSO is expected to have a capacity of about 100,000 b/d to be brought on stream in 2022.
The FPSO will be designed to allow for the integration of subsequent SNE development phases, including gas export to shore and future subsea tie-backs from other reservoirs and fields.
Phase 1 of the SNE development is targeting an estimated 230 million bbl of oil reserves.