Contracts let for Brazil's first TLWP
By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Feb. 2 -- The Papa Terra Joint Venture has let contracts for construction and installation of the P-61 tension-leg wellhead platform (TLWP) in the deepwater oil field for which it recently revived development off Brazil (OGJ, Feb. 1, 2010, Newsletter).
The TLWP, to be installed in 3,900 ft of water 70 miles offshore in the southern Campos basin, will be the first facility of its kind off Brazil. It will produce 14-17° gravity crude into a floating production, storage, and offloading vessel with production capacity of 140,000 b/d.
Partners Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), operator, and Chevron Corp. had suspended Papa Terra development in early 2009 because of business conditions.
J. Ray McDermott SA reported the contract award as part of a larger project covering design, engineering, construction, transportation, installation, and a 3-year limited operations contract let to FloaTEC Singapore Pte. Ltd., a venture of Keppel FELS Ltd., J.Ray, and FloaTEC LLC.
Construction of the TLWP will occur at the yard of a Keppel FELS subsidiary at Angra dos Reis, Brazil. The FloaTEC Singapore joint venture will supply risers, well systems, and tendon components. J.Ray will install the unit and provide topsides engineering and procurement services.
Completion is due by mid-2013.