When Guyana’s newest Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO), the ONE GUYANA, achieved first oil on August 8, one of the Guyanese engineers at the heart of its journey was Kenny Bissoon, a Commissioning Engineer at ExxonMobil Guyana. Bissoon’s role spanned continents, technical disciplines, and months of preparation to bring the massive offshore facility online.
“The ONE GUYANA FPSO was constructed between Singapore and China,” Bissoon explained. “The modules were built in those two countries. My role as a system owner in the beginning was to be the interface between construction and commissioning.” In practical terms, this meant ensuring that the topside process modules were fully completed to design specifications before transitioning into operational readiness.
“Mechanical completion is confirming that the physical construction of the FPSO matches the design,” he said. “Once that’s done, the next step is commissioning, doing a slew of testing to verify that it works as designed.” Click here to read more.
