White Rose Topsides

In March 2002, a partnership led by Peter Kiewit Sons Co., a subsidiary of Kiewit Corporation, was awarded a $774 million lump-sum, fixed-price-and-date contract for engineering, procuring and constructing (EPC) the 11,000-tonne White Rose FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage, Offloading) topsides. Employing more than 1,000 people, including 200 engineers, the project team completed the management, engineering, procurement, construction and integration of 18 topsides modules at the Marystown and Cow Head facilities in Newfoundland on time and within budget. The hull and turret were shipped from overseas.

The processing modules, each weighing 100 to 1,250 tonnes, include oil separation equipment, three 28-megawatt power generation units, water and gas injection pumps, and a flare tower. Each module begins with structural steel fabrication, then major equipment is installed, followed by piping, electrical, instrumentation and insulation.

Before module fabrication began, wharf and facility improvements had to be made, including installing two mooring dolphins and a concrete pad for the 2,600-tonne heavy-lift crane; constructing a new paint hall and a 30-metre by 91-metre warehouse; and installing a dual-level parking area. Heavy lifting for fabricated modules onto the FPSO was completed in July 2004 to allow topsides outfitting and commissioning completion July 2005.