PROJECT
SHEET
TAPIS CPP TOPSIDE
OFFSHORE TRANSPORT AND INSTALLATION
BOSKALIS ENERGY SOLUTIONS FEATURES
Boskalis is a leading global dredging and marine
From Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
expert. With safety as our core value we provide
innovative, sustainable and all-round solutions for To Tapis Field, South China Sea, offshore Malaysia
our clients in the energy market. Realizing projects
Client Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering
in remote locations with a heightened
(MMHE)
environmental focus is one of our specialties. Under
the brands Boskalis, Dockwise, Fairmount, VBMS Operator ExxonMobil Exploration Malaysia Incorporated
and Smit Lamnalco we offer more services than any (EMEPMI)
other company in our industry, making us your next
Execution period Q2 2014
one-stop solution provider.
Vessel Black Marlin
We support the development, construction,
maintenance and decommissioning of oil and gas
import and export facilities, fixed and floating
exploration and drilling facilities, pipelines and
cables, and offshore wind farms.
TAPIS CPP PROJECT
The Tapis enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project, off
the coast of Terengganu, Malaysia, in the South
China Sea, is one of the largest offshore EOR
projects in southeast Asia and is Malaysia's first
large-scale EOR project. It incorporates an A
immiscible water-alternating-gas process to recover
A Location map
remaining oil reserves from the Tapis field and will B Load-out at MMHE Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
increase the overall field recovery. ExxonMobil
Exploration and Production Malaysia Incorporated
(EMEPMI) partners with Petronas Carigali in the
project, each holding 50% participating interest.
EMEPMI contracted Malaysia Marine and Heavy
Engineering (MMHE) for the fabrication of the Tapis
R topsides.
B
TAPIS CPP TOPSIDE
OFFSHORE TRANSPORT AND INSTALLATION
C D
Tapis R is a Central Processing Platform (CPP) The topside installation was executed by lowering the fully-integrated topside
comprising a large integrated deck structure, units onto the pre-installed jacket. Once the topsides had been safely transferred
including gas compression and water injection onto the jacket, the two structures were welded together which completed the
facilities, production-processing equipment, utility topside installation.
systems and living quarters for 145 people.
The deck structure is bridge-linked to the existing
CARGO PARTICULARS
Tapis B Platform. The combined topsides and
jacket weigh about 23,500 tonnes, making it the Type Enhanced Oil Recovery Topside
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heaviest platform built in Malaysia by the
Weight 19,000 t
company.
Length 120.00 m
MMHE contracted Dockwise for the transportation
Width 70.00 m
and installation of the Tapis R topsides.
Height 60.00 m
TRANSPORTATION AND INSTALLATION
The topsides had to be installed onto an 8-legged
jacket using the float-over principle for which
LOAD-OUT OPERATION
Dockwise deployed its Heavy Transport Vessel
(HTV) Black Marlin. Loading Skid-On
Discharging Float-over installation
The Dockwise Scope of Work included the
following main activities:
Project management services
Marine-, transport- and structural engineering
services
HSE and QA / QC services
HTV outfitting and reinstatement
Engineering, procurement and delivery of
LMU’s, DSU’s and stabbing cones
Transport of topsides from Client’s yard to the
offshore site
Discharge of the topsides by means of
float-over method
Welding of the topsides to jacket connection
c/w scaffolding, riggers, welders, QC etc
E
After load-out at MMHE’s yard and completion of
all sea-fastening, the HTV transported the topsides C Offshore mooring of Black Marlin Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V.
D Docking of Black Marlin PO Box 43
to the offshore field. Upon arrival in the field, the
E Undocking of Black Marlin 3350 AA Papendrecht
mooring operation commenced. The HTV moved The Netherlands
towards the jacket, started the removal of
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