Floating production systems
Shell became the first international company to operate producing fields offshore Brazil and the first to navigate the country’s complex and detailed decommissioning permitting process, which involved extensive environmental assessments, regulatory approvals, and coordinated stakeholder engagement.
Technical safety standards are essential as global offshore exploration heats up.
The field, which holds the first production license on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, sent oil to the Jotun FPSO on 23 June.
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The FPSO vessel will reduce capital expenditure and breakeven costs and increase commercially feasibility, leading to FID. -
Work has resumed on Energan’s Singapore FPSO; subsea installation for the Karish project continues as planned.
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The fire at the Terra Nova FPSO comes 6 months after C-NLOPB found Suncor noncompliant with regulatory requirements and suspended operations.
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FPSO sanctioning is at a minimum and few opportunities remain for FPSO suppliers to find new work and redeploy their vessels. Suppliers may be forced to accept day rate reductions in order to keep their vessels working.
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The complete paper describes the overall project execution of the Aasta Hansteen field development on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) north of the Arctic Circle. It is the deepest field yet developed on the NCS in 1300 m of water.
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The methodology has proven to be a powerful and effective tool for major-risk management. This paper describes how this technique has been used for the management of major risks associated with production at Total’s Akpo floating production, storage, and offloading facility.
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Because offshore project lead times are longer than in shale, production is likely to come on line in 2–5 years when oil prices may be higher. But the number of FPSOs to be sanctioned this year may be cut by half.
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A VLCC converted to FPSO, Liza Destiny has a production capacity of 120,000 B/D of oil.
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BW Offshore plans to float its exploration and production unit BW Energy through an initial public offering in the first quarter of 2020.
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First oil from the 120,000-B/D Liza Destiny FPSO is flowing ahead of schedule.
