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MODEC Inc. (三井海洋開発株式会社, Mitsui Kaiyōkaihatsu Kabushikigaisha; Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Company Inc.) is a global supplier and operator of offshore floating platforms.

The company has headquarters in Tokyo, Japan and regional offices in Angola, Australia, Brazil, Senegal, Belgium, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, Singapore, Thailand, United States and Vietnam.

MODEC holds 51% of the shares in SOFEC, Inc and 20% of the shares in NATCO Japan Co., Ltd. Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding holds around 18,700,000 shares which represents just over 50% of the company shares issued.

The company has operations in all major offshore regions and currently owns and operates 23 Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels.

The company was founded in 1968. In the mid 1970s, MODEC began constructing jack-up drilling rigs.

The company's first offshore production vessel was the FPSO Kakap Natuna installed in April 1986 at the Kakap KH field in 88 meters water depth, approximately 175 miles west of Great Natuna Island offshore Indonesia.

MODEC delivered its first Tension leg platform (TLP) in 2001, which is installed on El Paso's Prince field in the Gulf of Mexico in 454 m (1,490 ft) water depth In 2003, MODEC had an initial public offering and was listed on the second section of the Tokyo stock exchange.

In 2006, MODEC acquired SOFEC, Inc. and purchased 20% of the shares in NATCO Japan Co., Ltd

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