Independent by design
We assess the options objectively and recommend the solution that best fits the field, the asset and the commercial case.
Where our work identifies a broader opportunity, Amplus can move from advice into project delivery, ownership or operations support.
Advice shaped by delivery
Technical analysis is only part of the picture.
We also consider how the asset will be acquired, modified, operated, maintained and managed through its remaining field life.
Our recommendations reflect direct project, asset-management, project financing and operating experience. We identify the practical implications early and set out a clear way forward.
FPSO due diligence
A redeployable FPSO can provide a faster, lower-cost route to production. It can also carry significant technical, operational and commercial risks.
Amplus combines structured asset due diligence with detailed knowledge of the redeployable FPSO market.
We assess:
- FPSO Basis of Design optimisation with reservoir and wells
- Vessel condition and operating history
- Asset integrity and remaining life
- Suitability for the proposed field
- Modification and upgrade requirements
- Lay-up, reactivation and dry-dock needs
- Operations and maintenance implications
- Cost, schedule and key delivery risks
We give clients an independent view of the opportunity, the available alternatives and what it will take to put the asset back to work.
Late-life asset assessment
Amplus reviews operating FPSOs and develops focused improvement and life-extension programmes.
Our work can cover:
- Asset-integrity review and investment planning
- Capital-efficient life-extension planning
- System reliability improvement
- Production-loss management
- Maintenance performance
- Integrated planning
- Operating-model improvement
- Upgrade and optimisation projects
We prioritise practical actions that improve safety, reliability, production and cost performance.
Field development input
Amplus provides FPSO expertise during concept selection and field-development planning.
We assess redeployment, vessel conversion and new-build options and help align the selected FPSO route with the wider subsurface, wells and subsea development.
Support may include:
- Concept screening
- Basis of Design
- Pre-FEED and Front-End Engineering Design (FEED)
- Project-planning input
- Project economics and commercial-model assessment
Project and operations support
Amplus provides experienced consultancy resources to lead or strengthen client teams.
Our consultancy support includes:
- Mid-to-late-life project management
- FPSO modification and upgrade programmes
- Operations and maintenance strategies and procedures
- Asset-management systems and procedures
- Commercial, financing and ownership-model assessment
- Redeployment and transition planning
Clients can appoint us for an individual review or retain the team in an advisory or project-support role through delivery.
Experience applied in practice
Amplus has applied its consultancy expertise across FPSO acquisition and transition, field redevelopment, concept selection and FEED.
Petrojarl I acquisition and transition
Amplus acquired and transitioned the Petrojarl I FPSO, including technical reviews, documentation transfer, contractor selection and interfaces across class, flag, vendors and delivery partners.
Amplus then delivered lay-up and FPSO upgrade yard programme and will deliver hook-up, commissioning, installation, operations and maintenance.
UKCS field redevelopment
For a major UKCS operator, Amplus led a multidisciplinary field-redevelopment study and FEED, combining technical development planning with commercial solutions designed to improve project viability.
Angola Block 14 concept selection
Amplus led a consortium through Basis of Design, concept screening and definition for Angola Block 14, identifying two technically and economically viable development options.
Together, these assignments demonstrate how Amplus combines independent assessment, engineering input, operational experience and commercial thinking.
