RINA Indonesia, in consortium with PT Depriwangga, has been awarded a contract by Chevron Indonesia to provide QA/QC inspection services as part of the offshore Bangka Field development project.
The Bangka Field is located approximately 70km offshore at East Kalimantan in water depths of 3200 ft. The field comprises two stacked upper slope channel complexes, known as the Upper Channel and Lower Channel reservoirs both containing gas-condensate. Chevron Indonesia is creating “Bangka hubs” which are located in the Makassar Strait, Indonesia.
Chevron is developing the field as two subsea wells connected via a single flexible flowline to the existing West Seno floating production unit (FPU), which is located approximately 20km south of the field. RINA Indonesia will provide QA/QC inspection services for material and component fabrication, installation, testing, pre-commissioning and commissioning activities. In addition, the company will perform third party expediting services for various materials and equipment purchased domestically and globally for the project.
The 12-month contract has an estimated value of US$1.3 million. It is the result of a focused campaign put in place by RINA global and local energy teams to develop business in the region. The business is significant in that it is the first project in Asia with an oil major like Chevron which operates different fields in offshore Indonesia.