SBM Offshore’s first Fast4Ward® hull takes onboard topsides modules at Singapore yard. Progress picked up pace when the yards in Singapore re-opened earlier this year. The mooring and riser system integration, as well as other work scope, were completed in the dry dock at Keppel FELS.
The Fast4Ward® Multi-Purpose Floater (MPF) hull has now moved to the integration quayside in Keppel TUAS, where the topside integration phase started with the progressive lifting of the topside modules. This phase will facilitate the gradual preparation of the FPSO for the start of the onshore commissioning activities, pioneering up to the final quayside departure.
Fast4Ward® design
Both Keppel and Dyna-Mac shipyards are fabricating the topside modules for the FPSO Liza Unity. This FPSO represents SBM Offshore’s first Fast4Ward® design, benefitting from standardisation of the project`s execution plan and using a fully completed and commissioned MPF hull, which sets the benchmark for future FPSO projects.
This latest milestone is in line with the Liza Phase 2 project schedule, which targets the departure of the FPSO to its final offshore location in Guyana next year, with start-up in 2022. It represents another key step forward on the path to delivering SBM Offshore’s first Fast4Ward® FPSO to the client ExxonMobil.