SINGAPORE - Sembcorp Marine (Sembmarine) has clarified media reports last week about its work on the Johan Castberg hull project. The group's scope of work for the floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel comprises the construction of the hull and living quarters and installation of the turret supplied by its customer, Equinor. "The construction of the topside modules, module integration and final completion are not part of the company's scope of work and have always been intended by Equinor to be performed in Norway," Sembmarine said in a release filed with the Singapore Exchange on Sunday night (Oct 24). BT carried an article late last week citing a media report that Sembmarine's work on the Johan Castberg vessel has been hit by "serious manpower shortages" due to the pandemic, and that the project owner is set to transport the unfinished components from Singapore to Norway. The report by trade publication Upstream said that Norwegian energy company Equinor will transport the unfinished hull and turret for the Johan Castberg FPSO vessel to Norway, due to delays and escalating costs. These components were being built at Sembmarine's yard, the report said. In its ...