Topaz Energy and Marine has added another feather to its cap with the recent completion of the deck structure of a mobile offshore production unit and storage (MOPUstor) facility.

The MOPUstor deck was constructed by Topaz Fabrication and Construction, part of Topaz Engineering, at its Abu Dhabi Yard (Adyard) under a subcontract from Single Buoy Moorings Inc for its client, Talisman Energy Norge AS. The value of Topaz Engineering’s portion of the work was $75 million.

Topaz’s scope of work was fabrication and construction of the hull and topsides of the MOPU. Project completion took more than two years with the workforce peaking at 1,400. The MOPUstor weighed 12,400 tonnes at loadout and involved more than seven million man-hours all completed without a single Lost Time Incident (LTI).

The unit was loaded out onto a heavy lift transportation vessel for the 5,000 km trip to Norway. The MOPU will be deployed in the ‘Yme’ field approximately 110 km offshore on the Norwegian continental shelf at a water depth of 92 m.

 “This is the largest project that Topaz Engineering has undertaken and it is probably the single largest offshore unit ever built in the Middle East, “ says Bill Bayliss, COO of Topaz Engineering.

Topaz Energy and Marine is one of the world’s leading oilfield services companies with a regional footprint across the Middle East and the Caspian. It operates through two strategic business divisions: Topaz Engineering and Topaz Marine.

In 2009, Topaz achieved record results for the ninth consecutive year and posted revenues of $448 million, EBITDA of $127 million and net profit of $65 million. It demonstrated year on year growth for the past three years of 7 per cent, 14 per cent and 38 per cent respectively.