(WO) — ABL has been awarded a contract by Oil Search (PNG) Ltd., a subsidiary of Santos, to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services for the installation of Papua New Guinea’s first offshore floating storage and offloading (FSO) facility.
The FSO will be deployed at the Kumul Marine Terminal as part of the Kutubu Pipeline System, where it will provide storage and offloading for crude oil and condensate produced from multiple fields. Associated gas will continue to be supplied to the PNG LNG Project.
Under the contract, ABL will oversee marine operations supporting the transportation, installation, pre-commissioning and commissioning of the FSO and associated subsea infrastructure. The company’s scope includes marine assurance for pipe load-out operations, pipelay activities, installation of pipeline end manifolds, FSO mooring installation, vessel hook-up and flexible riser installation across project locations in India, Indonesia, the UK and offshore Papua New Guinea.
“This is a landmark project for Papua New Guinea that we are proud to support,” said Sujith Mathew, engineering manager at ABL Australia. “We will apply decades of specialised MWS experience to oversee the safe transportation and installation of the FSO mooring, pipelines and other vital subsea infrastructure.”
ABL’s Australian operation will lead the project with support from the company’s offices in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the UK. The contract is expected to continue through 2028.
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