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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Up to 10 FPSOs could be needed to fully develop the discovered resource base in the area. -
BP’s Argos platform is part of the $9-billion Mad Dog project in the US Gulf of Mexico.
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The Japanese contractor received word in early April it would be temporarily banned from new competitive bidding.
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The paper details the fast-tracking of a 450-km floating liquefied natural gas unit relocation from Sarawak to Sabah offshore Malaysia. The time from selecting the new field to unloading LNG at the new location was 13 months.
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With all critical components nearly in place, production is set to start this year at the Lingshui 17-2, China’s first ultradeepwater gasfield development project.
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With a replacement gas injection system successfully installed, the Liza Destiny FPSO has reached its peak capacity of 120,000 B/D on the one-year anniversary of its commissioning.
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Modules for the FPSO will travel to Singapore for integration. The FPSO will be located offshore Mexico, with first oil production planned for 2021.
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Petrobras began negotiations with SBM Offshore to contract the floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) Almirante Tamandaré to be installed in the Búzios field in the Santos Basin.
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DNV GL and floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel specialist Bluewater are undertaking a pilot project to use hybrid digital twin technology to predict and analyze fatigue in the hull of an FPSO in the North Sea.
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The FPSO will be capable of processing 90,000 B/D of crude, 75 million ft3/D, 120,000 B/D of water injection, and a storage capacity of 900,000 bbl of crude oil. First oil is planned for 2021.
