The production platform is destined for the Apache Fortes Alpha field and will be a Statellite production platform joined to the existing one by a new 100m 'link bridge' and the load out is expected late July/August for the September installation/ hook up, once ready they will wait for the best weather window.
•The dimensions of the platform are: topsides – 40m x 45m x 25m; the jacket – 125m x 35m x 35m; linking bridge structure – about 100m long.
•Topside facilities: 5,575 tonne with full oil and gas processing, gas compression, gas dehydration, sandwash facilities, produced water treatment, pumps, polishing unit, chemical injection, power generation, 50-man lifeboat, local equipment room, high and low voltage switchboard, uninterrupted power supply unit, heating ventilating and air conditioning plant, and platform crane.•
•Jacket: 5,900 tonne, four legged jacket with 12 skirt piles and 18 well slots, configured to allow a jack-up rig access from the west side, and incorporating two risers and two umbilical J-tubes for future subsea tie-backs. It is also designed to accommodate a future 2,000 tonne mobile drilling unit.
•The link100m link bridge is 450 ton
However as production platforms go this one a baby one in size compared to many others!
The Jacket under construction nearing completion.
Close up of one of the base cans.
End view showing the well deck
The accommodation module under construction nearby.