Final topsides shipment sails for Eni’s Area 1 Gulf of Mexico FPSO

Eni SPA contractor McDermott International Ltd. has shipped its second and final group of topsides modules to Modec Inc. for the Miamte MV34 floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel. Miamte will be stationed at Eni’s Area 1 development in the Bay of Campeche, 10 km off the coast of Mexico in 105 ft of water.

The modules will travel from McDermott's Altamira, Mexico, fabrication yard to Singapore where integration will be performed at Dyna-Mac Engineering Services Pte. Ltd.’s fabrication yard. The shipment comes just weeks after the first modules sailed from Altamira.

The FPSO will treat 90,000 b/d of crude oil and 75 MMcfd of gas. It will be able to inject 120,000 b/d of water and will store up to 900,000 bbl of oil. First production is planned for 2021. 

Modec is responsible for engineering, procurement, construction, mobilization, and operation of FPSO Miamte, including topsides processing equipment as well as hull and marine systems. This most recent topsides shipment includes modules that will provide inlet separators, oil separation, a flare knockout drum, and sand cleanup materials for the FPSO. Sofec Inc., a Modec group company, will design and install the FPSO’s disconnectable tower yoke mooring system.

Modec will own FPSO Miamte and provide operations and maintenance services for 15 years, with the option of 1-year extensions for a further 5 years.