EnerMech wins work on SBM Offshore’s Guyana-bound FPSO

UK-based oilfield services provider EnerMech has been selected by Dutch floater expert SBM Offshore to carry out pre-commissioning work on the One Guyana FPSO set to work for ExxonMobil.

The company successfully delivered pre-commissioning campaigns for all three FPSOs currently producing in the field – Liza Destiny, Liza Unity, and Prosperity. EnerMech also secured the gas-to-energy pipeline pre-commissioning project in Guyana.

This One Guyana is designed to produce approximately 250,000 barrels of oil per day, with an associated gas treatment capacity of approximately 450mcfpd, and a water injection capacity of approximately 300,000 barrels per day.

It will be spread-moored in a water depth of around 1,800 meters and will have the capacity to store around 2m barrels of crude oil. The FPSO is set to arrive in Guyanese waters later this year.

Under the pre-commissioning contract, EnerMech will execute critical operations including offshore risers leak testing, gas injection riser de-watering, umbilical electrical and fibre optic testing, along with the installation of interconnecting tubing and flushing and testing equipment on the unit.

ExxonMobil’s FPSOs in the South American country were in the headlines over the weekend when a Venezuelan military ship was spotted in Guyana’s waters sailing near the Prosperity claiming that the units were operating in “a disputed area”.