Angola: Sembcorp to convert FPSO’s for Kaombo

Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard has secured a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel conversion contract worth about S$600m from Saipem France for the conversion of two FPSOs for Total’s Kaombo project on Block 32.Under the contract, the shipyard will convert two very large crude carrier (VLCC) sister ships into turret-moored FPSOs for the $16bn Kaombo project, which is due to start up in 2017.Works include refurbishment of the VLCCs, construction engineering, the fabrication of flare, helideck, upper turret and access structure, integration of the topsides modules (which will be fabricated at Saipem’s Indonesian yard) and lower turret components, and pre-commissioning of the FPSOs.