Belgium’s Exmar has secured work on BP’s recently greenlighted Kaskida deepwater development in the US Gulf of Mexico. The Nicolas Saverys-controlled group, best known as a gas shipowner and offshore infrastructure provider, has won a contract to design and engineer the hull for a new floating production unit (FPU), which will be built by Singapore shipyard group Seatrium. The 4bn-barrel Kaskida oil project is located in the Keathley Canyon area about 250 miles southwest off the coast of New Orleans. The FPU will be designed to produce 80,000 bopd from six wells in the first phase, with production scheduled to start in 2029. The hull will feature Exmar’s patented OPTI design, marking the fifth time that this hull design will be used. Exmar’s offshore unit emerged in the early nineties as the owner and operator of drilling fleet as well as building its first semisub. The company today holds rights to several rig designs and has executed a number of rig update projects in recent years. Commenting on the contract award, chief executive Carl-Antoine Saverys said: “Exmar is pleased to have been selected by BP for their Kaskida development and looks forward to an exciting new project in the Gulf of Mexico.” googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); }); TagsBelgium