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1. Long steel tubes are welded together at
a fabrication site to make a frame (the jacket).
This jacket framework provides the stability
to support the topsides. Once complete, the
jacket is manoeuvred onto a barge
and towed out to the field.
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The jacket is lifted off the barge,
positioned on the seabed, and
fastened in place using long
metal piles.
Juniper’s topsides structure
weighs approximately
10,000 tons —equivalent to
more than 20 Boeing 747s
fully loaded for take-off.
10,000 tonnes
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The topsides structure is
constructed at the fabrication
site one deck at a time,
incorporating the preordered
equipment from specialist
suppliers.
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The ‘sail away’ of the 10,000-tonne
topsides structure is completed.
Over 95% of the labour
during the fabrication
in La Brea was done by
Trinidad & Tobago
nationals
95%
Juniper offshore Trinidad is one of the BP
major projects which started production in
2017. Here are the six main steps involved in
building such a massive platform.
HOW TO BUILD
A PLATFORM
IN SIX STEPS
Juniper will add
14% to national
Trinidad & Tobago
gas production
14%
The Juniper jacket
and topsides stand
529 feet high
529 feet
feet
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Build jacket
Float & secure jacket
Build topsides
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Construction of the multi-decked
topsides is completed, connecting all
the pipework and equipment, including
power generation, the control systems,
and helipad. The topsides structure is
jacked up and prepared for load-out
onto a barge.
Complete topside
Transport topside
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The topsides structure is lifted over
the jacket and lowered into place,
followed by topsides/subsea
commissioning and start-up.
Attach topside to jacket