Ithaca Energy’s FPF-1 floating production facility (FPU) is now on location on the Stella field in the UK North Sea, according to partner Petrofac.
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Illustration of the Greater Stella Area, from Ithaca. |
Aimed to start-up in November, the FPU competed the onshore commissioning, Petrofac said in its 1H 2016 report.
Following a series of setbacks, the FPF-1 set sail for Stella in early August from the Remontowa yard offshore Poland, after completing final marine system trials.
In Ithaca’s 1H 2016 report, the company confirmed that the FPF-1 will be moored on location using 12 pre-installed anchor chains. The dynamic risers and umbilicals that connect the subsea infrastructure to the vessel will then be installed. Thereafter, commissioning of the various processing and utility systems that can only be undertaken on location with hydrocarbons from the field will be completed.
The unit is due to produce the Greater Stella Area, containing the Stella and Harrier fields, initially via five subsea wells on Stella, with plans to also tie-in the Hurricane discovery and potentially other prospects in the area.
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