UK: AMEC Awarded FEED for Maersk Curlew FPSO

AMEC,the international engineering and project management company, has been appointed by Maersk FPSOs to carry out the front-end engineering design (FEED) for modifications to the Curlew floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) in the central North Sea.

The value of the contract has not been announced.

AMEC’s FEED scope of work is partof a project to extend the life of the Shell-operated Curlew field and it will focuson the Curlew D gas condensate field located approximately 210 kilometers east of Aberdeen. To maximize recoverable reserves from the Curlew Dreservoir, the study is intended to evaluate the feasibility of a reduction inthe pressure of the condensate arriving at the Curlew FPSO.

“North Sea production continues to be important to the UK, and being selected to undertake the front end engineering design for Maersk’s Curlew FPSO is excellent news,” said John Pearson, Managing Director of AMEC’s Europe & West Africa business. “As well as extending our brownfield FPSO experience, the contract award recognizes our good track record for FEEDs, for Maersk and our previous work on this FPSO.”

AMEC was responsible for the original engineering, procuremen tinstallation and commissioning of the topside facilities and utilities for the conversion of Maersk’s Dorset tanker into the Curlew FPSO in the mid-1990s. This was an industry first, with hydrocarbon production starting 19 months after contract award.

About AMEC: AMEC  is a focused supplier ofhigh-value consultancy, engineering and project management services to the world’s natural resources, nuclear, clean energy, water and environmental sectors.With annual revenues of over £2.5 billion, AMEC designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers. The company employs some 23,000people in around 40 countries worldwide. See amec.com

About Maersk FPSOs: owns and operates mobile oil and gas production units for oil companies around theworld. Maersk FPSOs – formerly named Maersk Contractors – was established in1995.

About Curlew: Owned by Shell U.K. Limited and Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited and operated by Shell U.K. Limited, the Curlew field islocated in the Central North Sea, some 210km east of Aberdeen, UK, in block 29/ 07. It consists of three accumulations the Curlew B, Curlew C and Curlew D,which are developed via subsea facilities feeding into the Curlew FPSO operated by Maersk FPSOs.

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Source: AMEC, November 4, 2010;