Gimboa FPSO
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Summary Information
- Name: Gimboa FPSO
- Field: Gimboa Oil Field
- Country: Angola
- Ownership: Sonangol
- Website:
- Field Operated By:
- Capacity: 60,000 bpd
- Year of Completion:
Brief Description
- A convertion of the oil tanker VLCC Magdeline with a storage capacity of 1,800,000 barrels and a production capacity of 60,000 barrels of oil per day.
Contractors
- Saipem: Contract for the provision and management of a FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) vessel
- Drydocks World:
- Fabricating and installing spread mooring system and riser balconies
- Installing new crude lines on the deck; installing and connecting the metering skid with hook up to the tandem offloading system
- Fabricating and installing flare tower, a pipe rack running on the centre line, module supports and 12 production modules
- VWS Westgarth: Water Treatment
Status
- In operation
History
- 2006 - Saipem awarded contract
- 2008 - Conversion completed
- 2009 - First production
- 2014 - Contract extended until 2017
Other Information
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Links
- Drydocks World FPSO References
- VWS Westgarth FPSO References
- International Protective Coatings FPSO References
- Saipem awarded a new contract worth USD 570 million in offshore Angola
- Saipem: awarded new contracts for FPSOs in Brazil and Angola for a total of $600 million
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