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    1. Vessels

    Captain FPSO thruster successfully replaced

    July 15, 2022
    Ithaca Energy announced that the Captain offshore team has completed critical work on the removal and replacement of a thruster on the FPSO vessel offshore Scotland.
    Courtesy Ithaca Energy
    Captain crude oil is offloaded from the FPSO offloading vessel to a dynamically positioned shuttle tanker and transported to customers. Captain gas is exported (and imported) via subsea pipeline to the Frigg UK Gas Transportation System and then on to St Fergus gas terminal.
    Captain crude oil is offloaded from the FPSO offloading vessel to a dynamically positioned shuttle tanker and transported to customers. Captain gas is exported (and imported) via subsea pipeline to the Frigg UK Gas Transportation System and then on to St Fergus gas terminal.

    Offshore staff

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    Captain Thruster
    ABERDEEN, UK— Ithaca Energy announced that the Captain offshore team has completed critical work on the removal and replacement of a thruster on the FPSO vessel.

    The company said the replacement of thrusters is an important and complex scope of work that is crucial to the life of any FPSO.

    The Captain Field lies about 90 miles (145 km) northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland, in the Outer Moray Firth, in water depths of about 346 ft (105.5 m).

    Matthew Fowkes, subsea IRM engineer, said, “We have carried out several thruster replacements before, but each time the process evolves, we improve and we apply lessons learned from previous campaigns. It is no doubt a complex job involving multifaceted teams and air divers. Everyone performed and exceeded expectations.”

    Preparation is underway for reinstatement of the drive train and associated auxiliary equipment, testing and commissioning.

    Courtesy Ithaca Energy
    The Captain Field includes a wellhead protector platform and bridge-linked platform connected to an FPSO vessel and two subsea manifolds tied back and connected to the platforms by a suite of pipelines.
    The Captain Field includes a wellhead protector platform and bridge-linked platform connected to an FPSO vessel and two subsea manifolds tied back and connected to the platforms by a suite of pipelines.

    07.15.2022