Project Portfolio - Upstream Oil & Gas
It all starts
Upstream, and Jacobs Linder is there - be it the inland fields of Southern
Louisiana, the cutting-edge deepwater Gulf of Mexico, or the international
waters of West Africa, the Philippines, and beyond.
Deepwater
Shelf
Inland Waters / Onshore
Representative Projects:
Shell
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"Bonga" FPSO
3,600 ft water
depth – Nigeria, West Africa
225,000 BOPD, 150 MMSCFD |
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| Front End Engineering
and Design for preparation of an “Invitation to Tender” package for
an international EPC offering, including preliminary design of
topsides modules for all production and utility systems.
Specialty systems included a 300,000 bwpd water injection system,
and four separate compression modules. |
Shell
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"Ursa" TLP
3,800 ft water
depth – Gulf of Mexico, USA
150,000 BOPD, 400 MMSCFD |
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| Detailed engineering
and design for the topsides facilities, including procurement and
regulatory services, interface management, and construction /
pre-commissioning / start-up support services for the hull,
production and utility systems. |
Shell -
"Mars" TLP
2,940 ft water
depth – Gulf of Mexico, USA
140,000 BOPD, 150 MMSCFD |
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| Detailed engineering
and design for the topsides facilities, including procurement and
regulatory services, interface management, and construction /
pre-commissioning / start-up support services for the hull,
production and utility systems.
Follow-on Debottlenecking /
Expansion projects increased the facility’s production to 220,000
BOPD and 220 MMSCFD, and added 94,000 bwpd water injection
capability. Subsequent studies evaluated the facility’s ability to
handle additional production from future subsea tie-backs. |
Shell
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"Auger" TLP
2,860 ft water
depth – Gulf of Mexico, USA
40,000 BOPD, 100 MMSCFD |
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| Detailed engineering
and design for the topsides facilities, with multiple follow-on Debottlenecking / Expansion projects increased the facility’s
production to 100,000 BOPD and 415 MMSCFD through the addition of a
second production train, additional oil storage and export
facilities, two (2) 100’ flare booms, and four (4) new gas
compressors. Subsequent
studies evaluated the facility’s ability to handle additional
production from future subsea tie-backs, with detailed engineering
and design performed on five (5) subsea tie-backs, including
umbilical and flowline tie-ins to the existing facility, chemical
injection and hot-oiling facilities, and interconnection to existing
process trains. |
BP
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"NaKika"
Semi-submersible
6,340 ft water
depth – Gulf of Mexico, USA
110,000 BOPD, 425 MMSCFD |
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| First-of-its-kind
design for the US Gulf of Mexico, this FPS facility was designed to
produce five (5) subsea fields, ranging in water depth from 5,800 ft
to 7,600 ft. Detailed engineering and design for the topsides
facilities, including procurement and regulatory services, interface
management, and construction / pre-commissioning / start-up support
services for the hull, production and utility systems. Specialty
systems included electrically-heated flowlines, dead-oil
hull storage
and pumping systems, and hull ventilation
systems. |
ChevronTexaco
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"Gemini"
Subsea Tie-Back
3,400 ft water depth – Gulf of Mexico, USA
200 MMSCFD |
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| Detailed engineering
and design for the topsides facilities, including procurement and
regulatory services, interface management, and construction /
pre-commissioning / start-up support services for the production and
utility systems. Specialty design issues included detailed
constructability and installation reviews for new production
modules, and a full detailed assessment of the existing jacket
structure. |
ChevronTexaco
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"Petronius"
Compliant Tower
1,754 ft water depth – Gulf of Mexico, USA
60,000 BOPD, 100 MMSCFD |
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| Detailed engineering
and design for the topsides facilities, deck and
modular support frame (MSF), with follow-on
multi-discipline Concept Development, FEED, AFE Development, Detail
Design and Drafting, and Commissioning and Start-up support for a
variety of Facilities Modifications projects to maintain and enhance
production, increasing the facility’s production to 100,000 BOPD and
160 MMSCFD. Additional projects included the provision of
additional waterflood capacity, and various studies and projects to
determine the facility capacity for additional production from
subsea tiebacks. |
Shell
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"Malampaya"
Philippines |
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| Represented client for
topside equipment and interface with 3rd party contractors including
the Extended Well Test (EWT) supplier, drilling rig contractor, and
offload tanker contractor. Primary responsibilities included
verifying EWT equipment compliance with client specifications,
HAZOPs, HSE, and ABS requirements. Responsibilities also
included field verification of EWT mock-up for pre-commissioning,
offshore hook-up, commissioning and start-up, and documentation for
operations handover. EWT package started on time and on budget
with 98% on-line run time efficiency. |
ExxonMobil
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"Blackbeard"
72 ft water depth
– Gulf of Mexico,
USA |
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| Provided engineering
and detailed design of the braced caisson located in 72 feet of
water to accommodate an ultra-deep exploratory gas well. Design
included analyses for in-place operating
and storm conditions, in-place fatigue,
pile drivability, and driving fatigue. The well,
anticipated to be between 32,000 and 38,000 feet deep, would
be the deepest well in the GOM. The design casing load is
8,000 kips, nearly double the largest
casing load previously designed. |
Shell -
WD-143B
390
ft water depth – Gulf of Mexico, USA
450 BOPD, 700 MMSCFD |
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| Shelf facility serving
as receiving point for hydrocarbons from the Mensa subsea field,
with additional pump and compression facilities to handle oil and
gas from the Mars and Ursa TLP’s. Jacobs Linder was part of the
integrated team that provided detailed engineering and design for
the topsides facilities of the “B” facility, including procurement
and regulatory services, interface management, and construction /
pre-commissioning / start-up support services for the production and
utility systems. |
ChevronTexaco -
WD-109 Conductor Addition
Gulf of Mexico, USA |
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| Detailed engineering
and design of a conductor addition to an existing jacket facility in
the region of unstable soils near the mouth of the Mississippi
River. Design included deck and module extensions necessary to
support an API-compliant drilling rig, and detailed interface with
the soils consultant regarding the unique design “mudslide” event. |
ExxonMobil -
"Hondo"
Deck Assessment
California, USA |
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| Detailed structural
review of the topsides deck modules for an API-compliant drilling
rig. Review included design- and strength-level structural
assessments using the seismic conditions applicable to that
location. |
ExxonMobil
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"Excelsior"
5 ft water
depth – Louisiana state waters, USA
15 MMSCFD |
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| Detailed
engineering and design for a wellguard structure and line heater
platform, including process simulation, piping and structural
design, pneumatic controls, and procurement support. |
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Texaco
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Garden
Island Bay |
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| Multi-discipline
detailed engineering and design for an Oil & Gas Production Facility
with CO2 injection, involving renovation of two existing concrete
barges and expansion of an existing concrete platform facility,
conversion of two existing 1550 HP compressors from gas lift to CO2
injection service, and installation of a new 1665 HP compressor
package. Work scope included all associated process and
utility ICP, instrumentation & controls, structural design, and
construction support. |
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Texaco
- Terrebonne Bay |
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| Detailed
engineering and design for a field consolidation project involving
the addition of over forty new production facilities. Included
receiving manifolds, separators, oil storage, metering & transfer
facilities, scrubbers, pumps, water disposal facilities, generators,
instrument and power distribution, safety systems, and associated
timber, concrete, and steel structures. |
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