Fossil Energy – Ichthys
After two years of construction, last week the 4800-tonne Ichthys LNG booster compressor module (BCM) departed the PTMI fabrication yard in Batam, Indonesia to embark on its final voyage to Australian waters.
Here it will be installed to augment production from a subsea reservoir at Inpex’s offshore energy project.
With great precision, the BCM was lifted and securely placed on Heerema’s impressive heavy lift vessel ‘Sleipnir’, setting the stage for its 1638 nautical mile voyage to the Ichthys Explorer CPF for a record lift from one floating facility to another.
Vice President Development Projects, Davinder Manku is immensely proud of the teamwork it has taken to construct the engineering marvel that is the BCM.
“With over 4 million work hours completed at the fabrication yard without LTI, this outstanding safety performance and collaboration is thanks to the dedication of INPEX Phase 2b, McDermott, and Baker Hughes teams.”
“The BCM will boost our production efficiency by enhancing recovery from the Ichthys reservoir. Once lifted onto the CPF, our brownfields integration teams will continue the critical work required to hook up the module throughout 2025, while we continue to safely produce,” Davinder said.
