Floating production systems
Shell has demonstrated drone-in-a-box operations from its Mars floating production unit, becoming the first operator in the region to secure FAA approval for self-approved offshore beyond-visual-line-of-sight flights. JPT Senior Technology Editor Jennifer Pallanich visited Shell Technology Center Houston to see the system in action.
This paper explores the application of a modular, high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear reactor to a Very Large Crude Carrier-class floating production, storage, and offloading vessel.
After launching pre-salt production in Brazil, the ultradeepwater Tupi asset has become one of Petrobras’s most productive.
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The new Sevan-designed cylindrical FPSO is expected to flow 45,000 BOE/D at peak. -
The Norwegian operator engaged BW Offshore and Altera Infrastructure to take a run at a development scheme for the project.
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At peak, 100,000 BOE/D is expected to flow to the Whale production semisumbersible, which largely replicates the Vito semi.
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After overcoming the challenges of a new offshore frontier, BP has begun first gas flow at its ultradeep project offshore Mauritania and Senegal.
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The first two wells at Brava Energia’s Atlanta field are producing, with four more to be connected this year.
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After being a non-factor in the energy industry for years, the country is now one of the fastest growing regions.
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First oil from Beacon Offshore’s Shenandoah is on track for the second quarter of 2025. Project partners also have sanctioned a second phase of development and are advancing plans for a related project.
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Deepwater subsea tieback expected online by the end of the decade, targeting more than 300 million BOE.
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This paper presents the operator’s learnings in evaluating the routine of a floating production, storage, and offloading asset crew to identify scenarios for the application of robotics in day-to-day offshore activities.
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FPSO to be connected to high-pressure subsea separation technology pilot project.
