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FEATURE DEEP WATER

FLNG Gimi outbound from Singapore.

Images courtesy Vantage Drilling Image courtesy Golar LNG

Tungsten Explorer, 6th Generation Ultradeepwater drillship.

Annual reports from Woodside peg its capital expendi- a newly constructed pipeline – its capacity will be ramped tures on Sangomar at $1 billion in 2021 and $1.034 bil- up to up to 150,000 bbl/day of oil and 200 Mscf/day of lion in 2022 – signifcantly more than half of the company’s gas in mid-decade. Work is beginning on a second FPSO/

CapEx spend during that year. The capital stack buttressing FSO combination at Baleine, with Norwegian subsea spe-

Sangomar (with Woodside holding an 82% stake) has ben- cialist DOF awarded a contract for installation of seabed eftted from a loan of $54 million from the multinational mooring systems and other tasks, including a fowline that infrastructure capital provider Africa Development Bank. will link the FPSO, with the storage tanker.

Italian energy behemoth ENI has been active in off- In Congolese waters, ENI is set to begin production, shore Africa. pegged at 3 million tons/year (tpy) from its Tango FLNG,

In late Summer, 2023, ENI began crude production at with storage aboard the FSU Excalibur The FLNG, previ- its Baleine feld, offshore Ivory Coast (southeast of Abidjan, ously owned by Exmar before its sale to ENI, had previ- using FPSO Baleine , previously named Firenze, originally ously been on charter to YPF in Argentina before a 2023 an Aframax tanker Betatank II, built in 1989, converted at upgrade in Dubai at Drydocks World. Exmar, the Saverys-

Dubai Drydocks World for Saipem and acquired by ENI family controlled owner based in Antwerp, is putting the in 2013). FSU (built in 2002) on 10 year charter to ENI- which says

Initially handling up to 15,000 bbl/day of oil and that a second FLNG is under construction and expected to around 25 Mscf/day of gas – to be delivered onshore by commence production in 2025. 42 OFFSHORE ENGINEER OEDIGITAL.COM