Maritime Reporter, August 2006

<BODY> <div> 36 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News 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. 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