The Malampaya Phase 3 DCP is a new type of ‘self-installing platform’, says Mammoet, and is designed to float to its final location, before the legs are lowered onto the prepared seabed. A pre-installed jacking system enables the 80m legs to be jacked down and lift the platform from the water to its final position, eliminating the need for large specialised vessels typically required for an offshore platform installation.
The Malampaya Phase 3 DCP has been positioned next to the Malampaya Shallow Water Production Platform (SWP), to which it will be connected by a permanent bridge, also due to be installed by Mammoet.
The Malampaya Project, located off the coast of Northwest Palawan in the Philippines, is being operated by Shell on behalf of its joint venture partners and the Philippine government.
