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complete equipment sets, as well as pro-
vide an operator training program for
each system. Additional services to be
provided include assisting the shipyard
during initial equipment installation,
equipment commissioning and testing,
plus sea trials and performance tests.
Most of the work for this contract will
be performed by Converteam's
Pittsburgh office, with coordination
from the Burlington, Ontario, Canada
office.
The Canadian Coast Guard Ship
(CCGS) Sir Wilfrid Laurier is a 5,250
KW light icebreaker that operates in the
western Arctic Ocean, with a mission of
keeping shipping lanes open for cargo
transport ships. The CCGS Laurier's
home port is in Victoria, British
Columbia, was initially launched in
1986, and carries a crew of 26. The
3,812-ton vessel is 272 ft. long and has
a cruising speed of 11 knots, and a cruis-
ing range of 6,500 miles. The ship is
named in honor of Sir Wilfrid Laurier,
the seventh Prime Minister of Canada
from 1896 to 1911.
FPSO Conversion
Contract to Keppel
Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel
Shipyard) and Keppel Verolme BV
(Keppel Verolme) won contracts worth a
total of around $84m for the conversion
of a tanker to a Floating Production
Storage Offloading (FPSO) facility and
the repair of a FPSO vessel, respective-
ly.
The conversion of the VLCC Capella
to FPSO Mondo is the eighth such
FPSO/FSO project that Keppel
Shipyard is executing for Single Buoy
Moorings Inc (SBM) since 2000. The
vessel is expected to be completed in
third quarter 2007.
"We have recently completed the con-
version of the FPSO Capixaba for SBM
and are delighted to be awarded the new
project with them," said Nelson Yeo,
executive director of Keppel Shipyard.
The scope of work on the former
VLCC Capella includes the installation
and integration of the topside modules,
installation of an external turret and
helideck, fabrication and installation of
a flare tower and bow modification
work. Built in 1975, VLCC Capella, of
273,000 dwt, is 1105.6 ft. (337 m) long
and 178.8 ft. (54.5 m) wide.
When completed, the floating system
will be leased by SBM to ExxonMobil
for deployment in Mondo Field, Block
15 offshore Angola for the Kizomba C
Development. FPSO Mondo will be
capable of processing 100,000 barrels of
oil per day (bopd) with a storage capac-
ity for 1.6 million barrels of oil. It will
be moored in water depth ranging
between 720 and 760 m.
Meanwhile, sister company, Keppel
Verolme has secured an agreement with
Petro-Canada (East Coast) for the repair
of Terra Nova FPSO. The scope of work
comprises maintenance, inspection and
modification activities on both hull and
process topsides systems of the Terra
Nova FPSO.
Maintenance work being carried out
includes survey and overhaul of
thrusters, underwater maintenance and
coating, and repair to the vessel and the
process systems. Inspection and modifi-
cation works cover the testing of cargo
tanks and pressure vessels, extension of
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