BG International Limited Starfish Project

Fluor was awarded the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase of the BG International Limited Starfish Project in 2011.

The project involved the exploitation of the Starfish and North West Dolphin Gas Fields, located adjacent to the existing Dolphin "A" Platform and Dolphin Deep subsea production facilities, approximately 84 kilometers offshore from the Beachfield Gas Terminal on the island of Trinidad. The water depth at the existing Dolphin Field facilities varies from approximately 360 feet (110 meters) to 600 feet (200 meters).

The intent of the project was to provide facilities for exploitation of the reservoirs as well as the provision of additional compression facilities for the existing and planned gas developments. BG envisaged several possible development options, which were subsequently screened down to three.

These three schemes were developed with the intent of selecting the preferred option that would be carried through to FEED and subsequently, project implementation. The result is a subsea tieback from wells to the existing Dolphin "A" Platform, where modifications would be made to incorporate future production for the subsea development.

After the successful completion of the FEED phase, we were awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management services phase in August 2012.

We worked with BG to use PPMOF (pre-fabrication, pre-assembly, modularization and offsite fabrication) to reduce both onshore and offshore work hours by over 68% and to have the ability to pre-commission packages prior to installation offshore, reducing POBs required during shutdowns.

We engaged an interface specialist to manage interfaces with subsea contractors. We supported BG's with the use of pressurized habitats, thus enabling hot work that was planned during the shutdowns to be performed while the platform is in operation.