MODEC Senegal S.A.S.U. (MOSEN) has signed a contract with Woodside Energy for the operations and maintenance of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Sangomar Field Development Phase 1 project offshore Senegal
The operations and maintenance contract will cover all in-country installation and commissioning activities following which an initial 10 year operations and maintenance term will commence. Extension options are allowed for every year thereafter up to 10 additional years.
The FPSO will be deployed at the Sangomar field, located around 100 km south of Dakar, Senegal. The Sangomar Field Development is expected to be Senegal’s first offshore oil development.
Scheduled for delivery in 2023, the FPSO vessel will be permanently moored at a water depth of approximately 780 meters by an external turret mooring system to be supplied by SOFEC, a MODEC group company.
The FPSO will be capable of processing 100,000 barrels of crude oil per day, 130 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, 145,000 barrels of water injection per day and will have minimum storage capacity of 1,300,000 barrels of crude oil.
“We are delighted and proud that Woodside awarded us the contract for the operations and maintenance of the memorable first FPSO for Senegalese waters further to another major contract for the supply of this FPSO,” commented Yuji Kozai, president and CEO of MODEC. “In West Africa, we have accumulated nearly 30 years of operational experience with three FPSOs by identifying and involving local based professionals and labour. We are pleased to be a part of the team that will contribute to the advancement of local energy industry with this long-term operational project in Senegal too.”
