Sembcorp Marine Completes Integrated Fixed Platform Topsides for High-pressure, High-temperature Culzean Gas Field in the UK North Sea
Wednesday 23 May 2018
Three fixed platform topsides, newly completed at Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard for French oil supermajor TOTAL, are destined for the High Pressure-High Temperature (HPHT) Culzean gas field in the UK North Sea.
Comprising Well Head, Utilities & Living Quarters as well as Central Processing Facility, the approximately 30,000-tonne integrated topsides will handle up to 500 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of gas and 25,000 barrels per day (bpd) of condensate.
The topsides comply fully with UK safety regulations for harsh-environment operations in the Culzean field, which TOTAL operates and co-owns with joint-venture partners BP and JX Nippon.
Sembcorp Marine President & CEO Wong Weng Sun said the successful completion of the Culzean topsides strengthened the Group’s track record of satisfying the world’s most demanding oil and gas field requirements.
The three Culzean topsides were constructed at the Sembcorp Marine Admiralty Yard over 32 months. The Well Head Platform and Central Processing Facility left Singapore for the Culzean field in early May; the Utilities & Living Quarters will leave very soon. In addition, a power generation module and two interconnecting bridges, which form part of the integrated topsides, were separately completed at Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Sembmarine SLP in Lowestoft, UK, for delivery in June.
The fixed platform topsides join Floating Storage and Offloading vessel FSO Ailsa and high-specification jack-up rig Maersk Highlander in a comprehensive suite of Sembcorp Marine engineering solutions for the Culzean field.
Recently delivered to floating production specialist MODEC, FSO Ailsa will also leave shortly for the Culzean field; while Maersk Highlander, completed in 2016, is already deployed there.