Keppel-J. Ray jv wins Brazil’s P-61 TLWP contract

The project scope, comprising design, engineering, construction, maintenance and installation work, as well as a three-year contract to operate the TLWP, will be jointly undertaken by Keppel FELS and J Ray. Both companies will also enlist the US-based joint venture company, FloaTEC,, to perform global engineering and basic design work, as well as manage the supply of risers, well systems and tendon components for P-61.

Designated for Brazil’s Papa-Terra field in the Campos Basin, the P-61 TLWP will work alongside the P-63 FPSO vessel to handle up to 180,000 barrels of oil per day. P-61 will be built at Keppel’s BrasFELS yard in Angra dos Reis for delivery in 2013. The critical components such as the tendons, temporary buoyancy modules and piles will be fabricated at J Ray’s Morgan City facility in Louisiana, USA. Targeted for completion by mid-2013, P-61 will be installed in a water depth of 1,180m in the Papa-Terra field.a