Liebherr-Werk Nenzing G.m.b.H, an European-based contractor and provider of offshore cranes to the oil and gas industry, has been awarded a contract by Sembcorp Marine's subsidiary Jurong Shipyard of Singapore, to supply two offshore cranes of the type BOS 2600-35 EX LIT for the Libra field's Extended Well Test (EWT) FPSO vessel.
The Libra oil field is a large, ultra-deepwater (up to 8,202ft or 2,500m) oil prospect located in the Santos Basin, about 143 miles (230km) off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, north of Tupi field. The oil field is estimated to contain recoverable resources ranging between eight billion to 12 billion barrels of oil and is one of the largest deep-water oil accumulations globally.
OOGTK Libra GmbH & Co KG, a joint venture between Brazil's Odebrecht Oil & Gas and Teekay Offshore, awarded a contract to Jurong Shipyard for conversion of the Navion Norvegia shuttle tanker to form the Libra EWT FPSO. This joint venture company will own and operate the FPSO, chartering it to Petrobras for 12 years, excluding options.
Liebherr's scope of supply includes design, manufacturing and delivery of two offshore cranes. Liebherr Singapore Pte Ltd will supervise assembling and commissioning during integration of the cranes onto the FPSO at Jurong Shipyard.
"This contract confirms our capabilities in the offshore oil and gas industry," says DI Johannes Malin, area manager of Liebherr-Werk Nenzing G.m.b.H. "We are very excited about this opportunity to work with Jurong Shipyard and of course, OOGTK Libra GmbH & Co KG, a joint venture between Brazil's Odebrecht Oil & Gas and Teekay Offshore on this very important project," adds Malin.
Project currently underway in Liebherr-Werk Nenzing G.m.b.H. and crane fabrication will be done at Liebherr MCCtec Rostock G.m.b.H in Germany in time for integration of the cranes onto the FPSO in 1Q 2016.
