FPSO Kakap Natuna, Indonesia

FPSO KAKAP NATUNA, INDONESIA

FLASHBACK

Kakap Natuna is a name that used for the 130,000 DWT tanker ship built in 1975 in Germany, to be modified as FPSO in Japan at Sumitomo ship yard in 1985 then anchored at Kakap block, South China Sea, Indonesia in March 1986. The ship has a previous name of “Anastasis II” is to be the first FPSO in Indonesia and operated by Marathon Petroleum Indonesia Limited for the first time from 1986 through 1997. And at last FPSO Kakap Natuna is operated by Star Energy Limited as Indonesian Oil company since 2004 at the same location “Kakap block”. 

Other oil companies had already operated the FPSO Kakap Natuna are Clyde (1997), Gulf Resources (1998 – 2003) and Conocophilips (2003).

The first oil discharge from FPSO Kakap Natuna was in June 17, 1986 to MT houstan Teader. And until the quarter of 2016 FPSO Kakap Natuna has discharged 145 Mbl of oil.

In November 13, 2009 after 23 years anchored at Kakap block, FPSO Kakap Natuna was sent to ASL shipyard-Batam, for repairing/ dry dock. And the repairing was just started in the end of October 2011 after the FPSO Kakap Natuna staid for 2 years ASL shipyard and repairing was finished in August 2012, then re anchored back to Kakap block at the beginning of September 2012. 

(At ASL Shipyard, Batam, Indonesia)

During repairing at Batam, the Process area and Ground flare and the accessories are removed out from FSPO Kakap Natuna. This because of both Process area and Ground flare are not needed any more after the gas production is now sole to Singapore from Kakap block, by mean there is no gas content in the oil production from wells sent to FPSO Kakap Natuna. 

(At Singapore straight, August 2012)

With no the Process area, Ground flare and accessories the function of FPSO Kakap Natuna is now changed to be FSO Kakap Natuna,  

By: Suramto Siswoyo.