Seatrium delivers new floating production storage and offloading vessel

This is its 18th FPSO for BW Offshore.

Seatrium Limited has delivered another floating production storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel named BW Opal to BW Offshore.

“The successful delivery also marks our 18th FPSO for BW Offshore, building on the strong partnership that we have forged over decades of collaboration,” said Marlin Khiew, executive vice president, energy (Americas) at Seatrium.

Seatrium’s scope of work includes installation and integration works of topside modules, deck equipment and the turret mooring system, as well as completion and commissioning support for BW Offshore.

FPSO BW Opal is one of the largest FPSOs ever delivered to Australia and will be deployed at the Santos-operated Barossa Field located 285 kilometres offshore Darwin in northern Australia. It with a gas handling capacity of 850 million standard cubic feet per day and 11,000 barrels per day of stabilised condensate.

This FPSO is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15% compared to traditional systems, translating to a reduction of up to 2.3 million tonnes of carbon emissions over the life of the asset.