Fossil Energy – Engineering and Design
BP has selected Exmar Offshore and Audubon Engineering Company to complete engineering and design of a floating production unit (FPU) destined for the British supermajor’s deepwater Kaskida development in the Gulf of Mexico.
Exmar Offshore has been awarded a contract to design and engineer the FPU’s hull, while Houston-based Audubon has been contracted to deliver topside engineering and design.
When BP announced its final investment decision (FID) for the deepwater Kaskida project in July, it said it plans to leverage existing platform and subsea equipment designs that can be replicated in future projects to drive cost efficiencies across Kaskida’s construction, commissioning, and operations.
Exmar’s use of its proprietary, patented OPTI hull design for Kaskida marks the fifth time that this hull design will be used, the company said.
Engineering work for the Kaskida FPU is already underway. Singapore’s Seatrium had previously been selected to carry out early engineering work.
Kaskida will be bp’s sixth hub in the Gulf of Mexico, featuring a new floating production platform with the capacity to produce 80,000 barrels of crude oil per day from six wells in the first phase. Production is expected to start in 2029.
