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A publication of Keppel Offshore & Marine March 2008 MICA (P) 062/05/2007 OffshoreOffshore PreparingPreparing Al-ZubarahAl-Zubarah forfor QatarQatar WilBossWilBoss isis 1010 daysdays earlyearly MarineMarine Asia’sAsia’s firstfirst ice-breakersice-breakers launchedlaunched GainingGaining contractscontracts atat KeppelKeppel ShipyardShipyard TheThe namingnaming ofof MaerskMaersk ResilientResilient andand MaerskMaersk Ngujima-YinNgujima-Yin March 2008 1 4/3/08, 3:04 PM F E A T U R E S Ice-breakers take to the sea 5 Al-Zubarah is named at Keppel FELS 6 Triple honours bonus for WilBoss 8 Buzzing with activity at Keppel FELS 12 Knight of St. Olav for Skeie 15 22nd Chua Chor Teck Memorial Lecture 20 Sea Apache is named by godmother Dolly Tan Page 10 Eminent visits to Keppel O&M 24 Another “Bully” at Keppel 36 Editorial Board Editorial Advisor Choo Chiau Beng Editor Lai Ching Chuan P-56 strikes steel Page 16 Assistant Editor Sarah Seah Sub Editor Gayathri Prakash Nair Committee members Michael Chia, Nelson Yeo, Hoe Eng Hock, Dr Foo Kok Seng, Aziz Merchant, Jaya Kumar, Quek Mong Song, David Loh, Chin Sze Kiun, Cindy Lim Contributors Alan I. Claveria, Andrew Ong, Lisandra Favilla, Quek Mong Song, Janne Skrudland, Ivana Chua, Lee Yin Chiin, Roy Tan OffshoreMarine is a bi-monthly publication of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd 50 Gul Road, Singapore 629351 Tel: (65) 6863 7200 Fax: (65) 6261 7719/6265 1927 Company registration no. 199900642R Maersk Resilient gets christened Page 18 2 OffshoreMarine March 2008 March 2008 2 4/3/08, 3:05 PM Keppel Shipyard starts the year running The latest FPSO conversion awarded to eppel Shipyard’s excellent track record Pioneer in the US Gulf of Mexico Keppel Shipyard by BW in Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) conversions has BW Pioneer Ltd, an affiliate of BW Offshore, has Offshore is the second K since the conversion of secured it three solid contracts right at the start awarded Keppel Shipyard a contract to convert the of the year. first FPSO for the Cascade and Chinook fields in FPSO Berge Helene in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). 2005 These include the first US Gulf of Mexico FPSO for BW Offshore, the conversions of a tanker When completed in the third quarter of 2009, the for Maersk Contractors; and a contract to FPSO will be turret moored at a water depth of integrate and complete a newbuild “Bully” around 2600 m – the deepest waters ever for an drillship.* FPSO. It is designed to disconnect and move on * (see the back page for more information on the “Bully” its own propulsion to safe waters when a storm drillship.) approaches. Continued on page 4 ᮣ OffshoreMarine March 2008 3 March 2008 3 4/3/08, 3:05 PM Paul Carsten Pedersen, Group Senior VP of Maersk and Nelson Yeo, ED of Keppel Shipyard (centre) seal the deal ᮤ Continued from page 3 Svein Moxnes Harfjeld, CEO of BW Offshore Nelson Yeo said, “We are delighted that commented: “We have great confidence in Maersk Contractors has entrusted us with a Keppel Shipyard and in their abilities and second FPSO. This is a vote of confidence to experience, based on our former collaboration. the good work we have accomplished Being the first FPSO for the US GoM waters, together on the first vessel, which is nearing the Cascade and Chinook project represents a completion. We look forward to continuing great challenge in many ways. Keppel Shipyard’s our excellent partnership to deliver yet solid competence is therefore of strong value.” another quality project.” ED of Keppel Shipyard, Nelson Yeo said, “This Paul Carsten Pedersen, Group Senior VP is the second FPSO conversion awarded to of Maersk, said, “Maersk and Keppel have Keppel Shipyard by BW Offshore since the built a longstanding partnership on conversion of FPSO Berge Helene in 2005. We mutual understanding, trust and thank BW Offshore for this trust and are teamwork. We are impressed with what delighted to carry out work on the first FPSO Keppel Shipyard has done for us on the first to be deployed in the Gulf of Mexico.“ FPSO [Maersk Ngujima-Yin]. It is natural to appoint Keppel Shipyard again for our To be named BW Pioneer, the FPSO will have a latest FPSO, a project which we believe they storage capacity of about 600,000 barrels of oil, will complete to a similarly high degree of a process capacity of 80,000 bopd and gas satisfaction.” export facilities of 16 mmscfd. This FPSO unit will be leased by Petrobras America Inc., and The workscope on the fast-track outfitting of production on the Cascade and Chinook fields the newbuild VLCC includes the installation is expected in the first quarter of 2010. and integration of the topside modules; the fabrication, installation and integration of the APL internal turret, flare tower, process More for Maersk piperack and helideck; and the upgrading of the accommodation. The latest Maersk Contractors contract is for the conversion of the company’s second FPSO out The FPSO will operate in a water depth of of Singapore. The FPSO will have a new VLCC around 100 m at the Peregrino field in Brazil’s hull that is due to arrive in the yard from China Campos basin, and is capable of producing in the fourth quarter of 2008. The new facility is 100,000 bopd with a storage capacity of expected to be completed by end-2009. 1.6 million bbls. 4 OffshoreMarine March 2008 March 2008 4 4/3/08, 3:05 PM Splashing start for two ice-breakers eppel Singmarine launched its first two ice-breakers into the K tropical waters as the company crossed into the new year 2008. The vessels, assigned with hull numbers H327 and H328, passed the test of seaworthiness on 29 December 2007 and 14 January 2008 respectively. Both launches were filled with excitement and lessons learned. The first vessel, H327, taught Keppel Singmarine that the slender hull of ice- breakers would require more buoyancy when sliding into the waters. Braving the storm at its launch, ice-breaker H328 achieves its first H328, on the other hand, had to reckon major milestone with the onset of a heavy storm. Just a minute before the vessel was to slide down the slipway, big, heavy raindrops carried Singmarine, who oversaw the launching special heating systems in the by gales beat upon the sturdy shoulders process, shared, “These two vessels are by accommodation areas to keep the crew of the team involved in this milestone. far the largest and heaviest ever launched warm and comfortable. in Keppel Singmarine. For a while, there were trepidations “It is a challenging project taking whether to proceed with the task on hand. “We did a lot of safety checks and had into account the very sophisticated The tide however would not wait for intensive discussions with our design of the ship and the very strict them. If they missed the moment, the Engineering and Project teams to ensure requirements of the owner, LUKOIL– water level on the coast would drop and that we are confident of the success of the Kaliningradmorneft (LUKOIL), and it would be dangerous to launch the project.” the Classification society, Russian vessel. Maritime Register of Shipping The ice-breakers are the first of their kind (RMRS). A bold decision, backed by years of to be built in Asia and in Keppel. Designed experience, was made to get on with the by an ice-breaker specialist design firm, “Those of us on this project have been launch. This was proven right when the Keppel Singmarine carried out detailed given great opportunities to hone our vessel elegantly slipped into the water. engineering work. skills and work with highly experienced owner representatives, surveyors and Sheikh Khaled, Assistant Project Manager, One of the special characteristics of the designers. We may face many challenges Keppel Singmarine said, “I feel a sense of vessels is the hull design made of special as we interact with project representatives pride and achievement to see the vessel ice-breaking steel-plates that are much from different parts of the world, but these complete this major milestone. This is due thicker than the normal ones used in do not deter our team and our morale on to the hard work and co-operation of my offshore support vessels. The paint used the huge task of building ice-breakers,” whole project team. They have put in can also withstand the extreme cold added Khaled, who is also undergoing an countless hours to make this happen.” conditions. MBA course. Launching the ice-breakers is a major The two ice-breakers Keppel Singmarine The contract to build the two vessels – a milestone for Keppel Singmarine. is building will operate both in very harsh multi-purpose ice-breaking supply vessel and extreme conditions of -40°C in the and an auxiliary ice-breaker vessel – was Edmund Lek, GM (Production) of Keppel Barents and Arctic Seas. They require secured in July 2006. OffshoreMarine March 2008 5 March 2008 5 4/3/08, 3:05 PM ’Allo Al-Zubarah Yousif Al-Khater, CEO of GDI, Mohammed Al-Shirrawi, Chairman of GDI’s Board of Directors, CB Choo, Chairman/CEO of Keppel O&M, His Excellency Rashid Ali Hassan Al-Khater, Qatar Ambassador to Singapore and CH Tong, MD/COO of Keppel O&M celebrate the naming of Al- Zubarah eppel FELS has delivered second jackup drilling rig for Gulf Drilling K International Ltd (GDI), a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Japan Drilling Co., Ltd. (JDC). At a ceremony on 26 January 2008, the rig was named Al-Zubarah, after one of Qatar’s very important economic centres, by Mohammad Al-Shirrawi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of GDI.