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 (BVLOS) flights. JPT Senior Technology Editor Jennifer Pallanich visited Shell Technology Center Houston to see the system in action and learn how autonomous dro…
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 deepwater Gulf of Mexico project in the Paleogene will require a 20K-psi production semisubmersible. -
Mooring operations underway following arrival of the GTA FPSO on-site at the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal.
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The massive vessel moved from Aker Solutions quayside to begin sea trials ahead of deployment in the Barents Sea prior to year-end.
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The set of new-generation FPSOs will be delivered in 2029 equipped with technologies that can cut greenhouse emissions by 30% given the unit’s all-electric configuration.
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At the 2024 Offshore Technology Conference, industry giants like ExxonMobil, Equinor, and Petrobras offered a look at the future of low-carbon floating production, storage, and offloading units.
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Enhancement to the drillship comes ahead of work commitment on Shell's Sparta development in the US Gulf of Mexico, its first in the Gulf to produce from 20K reservoirs.
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The largest project to date will add a capacity of 250,000 B/D starting in 2025.
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The Libra Consortium, led by Brazil’s Petrobras, has developed a method of separating carbon dioxide from reservoir fluids at the seafloor rather than the FPSO topsides.
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The contractor was tapped by Offshore Frontier Solutions to provide electrical systems and associated digital solutions for ExxonMobil’s fifth FPSO in the region.
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Heavy-lift and installation specialists will pre-install a mooring spread for upcoming Stabroek block FPSO.
