Posted On: 21-08-2020
Australia’s Santos expects to begin the front-end engineering design (FEED) program for the Dorado oil and gas project offshore Australia in the second half of 2020. Carnarvon, a partner in the project, said on Thursday that the pre-FEED competition for the supply of floating production storage and offtake vessel (FPSO) for the Dorado project was well advanced with BW Offshore, Modec, and Altera – formerly Teekay. According to the company, all three recently presented technically robust proposals are capable of fulfilling the requirements of delivering 75,000 to 100,000 barrels of oil per day. An initial phase of oil and condensate production with gas reinjection will support the oil recovery on the project. To remind, Santos started the competitive process for the supply of the FPSO in mid-May. Carnarvon added that work continued on the tendering for the wellhead platform (WHP) to finalise the concept select definition for FEED to start as scheduled around the end of this quarter. The WHP is expected to host 8 to 10 wells for the Dorado production replique montre de luxe and have the capacity to accommodate production from possible future tie backs. It is worth adding that preparation of the offshore project proposal and field development plan is underway.
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