A steel-cutting ceremony took place at Aibel’s subcontractor in Thailand, Deeline. Namely, Aibel, an oil service company, is delivering five topside modules to the P-74 FPSO. The contract for procurement and construction was signed this summer.
“This project starts just as fabrication finishes on the Troll project, so it fits in well with the needs of Aibel Thailand ,” Managing Director Jim Ryan at Aibel Thailand explains.
He continues:
“ Aibel’s client Estaleiros do Brasil (EBR) is a consortium between Toyo Engineering and SoG – Oleo e Gas. Toyo is a repeat customer of Aibel and has to date been very happy with our deliveries.”
The FPSO will operate in Brazilian waters for Petrobas. The last of the Aibel modules is to leave the yard in Laem Chabang in August 2014.
“ At its peak next spring around 700 workers will be employed on this project,” says K. Thanakorn, Aibel’s project manage r.
The ceremony was attended by EBR’s Construction Manager Mr. Hisano and Managing Director Manit Jimlimlert at Deeline.
“We appreciate that we can make the first cut one month earlier than originally planned. This takes some pressure off the schedule ,” K. Thanakorn concluded.
[mappress] Press Release, October 9, 2013