Keppel surpasses 11 million safe man-hours on two FPSOs for SBM

ExxonMobil to support Keppel Shipyard in its Safety Excellence 2010 roadmap.

Keppel Shipyard has set another safety milestone with more than 11 million man-hours worked without lost-time incidents (LTI) on two FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) facilities converted for Single Buoy Moorings (SBM) and Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) (ExxonMobil) for the Kizomba C project in Angola. FPSO 'Saxi Batuque', achieved six million man-hours without LTI, while FPSO 'Mondo', which was delivered in September last year, attained five million. The successful completion of these FPSOs is the culmination of seven years of safety partnership involving Keppel Shipyard, SBM and ExxonMobil. ExxonMobil's contribution to Keppel's safety efforts goes far beyond the projects they work on. The oil major has been actively involved in the promotion of safety programs at Keppel Shipyard throughout the seven-year period. ExxonMobil and SBM also play an important role in Keppel Shipyard's Safety Steering Committee. The delivery of Saxi Batuque will mark a new phase in ExxonMobil's strategic safety partnership with Keppel Shipyard to achieve its Safety Excellence 2010 plan. The program will establish a roadmap for additional safety improvements, to ensure that results are sustainable and can continue to grow in the future. The Minister of Planning of the Republic of Angola, Mrs Ana Dias Lourenco, named the vessel ‘Saxi Batuque’. FPSO 'Saxi Batuque' will be capable of processing 100,000 barrels of oil per day with a storage capacity for 1.6 million barrels of oil.
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