FPSO construction starts in China for Angola's ultra-deepwater development
What happened
Steel cutting has started on the FPSO topside at CIMC Raffles’ Haiyang yard following the project final investment decision. The package includes major pipeline, flowline and riser contracts and high‑value subsea scopes that will move from FEED into heavy fabrication and transport stages. Watch whether module completion and transport bookings create slot conflicts for APAC yards and heavy‑lift resources
Why the category manager should care
Treat this as an operational demand event because steel‑cutting starts irreversible fabrication flows that consume yard, transport and lifting capacity
Key facts
- First steel cutting held at Haiyang CIMC Raffles yard
- Project follows FID and moves into topside fabrication
- Multiple large contracts awarded for pipelines, flowlines, risers and subsea systems