The Fundamentals of FPSO
Technology
PART 1 - INTRODUCTION TO FPSO TECHNOLOGY
• Historical Development of Offshore Production Systems
• Offshore Systems for Platforms & Floaters
• Field Development Concepts & Drivers
• Principles of Offshore Production
• Floating Production Hosts
• Field Development Contract Example
• Examples of Fields Developed With FPSOs
General System for FPSO Field
Development
UP DATE - UISGE
GORM FPSO is lined up
for Service on Ithaca’s
ATHENA Field with 1st
Oil late 2010.
This Contract Failed.
The FPSO is now to
work on the Alma /
Ardmore Field in the
North Sea
Dalia Field
Early Offshore Drilling and
Production Systems
The Petroleum Oil Wells at
Baku on the Caspian Sea,
1886
Subsea Trees
Note the First Subsea Tree
was installed in 1961 by
Shell
NUMBER OF SUBSEA
TREES WORLDWIDE
’61 – ’70 = 68
’71 – ’80 = 156
’81 – ’90 = 559
’91 – ’00 = 1250
’01 – ’10 = 5000+
‘11 – ’20 = 10,000 est
Production/Control DP DSV Workover
Host Platform Vessel
Topside
Manifold
Jumper
Spools Spools Manifold Spool
Several Km
Pipeline Protective Structure Cluster
Exports ESD Valves Flowlines Well
RESERVOIR A
RESERVOIR B
Manifold & Cluster of Wells
W.I Manifold
Flowlines Pipeline & Header
Pipeline Risers Typical
Exports ESDV Crossing W.I.Well
Oil & Gas
xx
Control Umbilical
Jumper Spools
J-Tube Production Manifold -Flowlines
& Header -Control Umbilical
Argyll Field
First Floating
Production
in the UKCS
Balmoral Field
First use of Flexible
Dynamic Risers in the
North Sea
Balmoral Field – Reservoir and
Drilling Plan
Castellon FPSO
with Salm
Mooring
First FPSOs -
Castellon and
Tazerka Fields
PETROJARL 1 - Extended
Well Testing & Early
Production Vessel
First FPSO in the North Sea
Gryphon Field
First Full Field Developed with an FPSO
in North Sea
FPSO
Asgard FPSO in
Sea level Norway
Sea bed
SEMI-SUBMERSIBLE Thunder Horse
Platform in the GoM
Sea level
Sea bed
SPAR TRUSS SPAR Devil’s Tower Truss
Spar - GOM
Sea level
Sea bed
Mars Tension-leg
Platform - GoM
TENSION LEG PLATFORM
Sea level
Sea bed
Greater Plutonio – Main Contracts
FPSO HULL - $200 Million
TOPSIDES - $700 Million
Main contractor:
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).
FPSO moored south east of
Paladio in 1310m of water.
FPSO Main Dimensions:
Length: 317.5 m
Beam: 58 m
Depth (at side): 31 m
Design draught: 23 m
Opposite Ends of the FPSO Market
Wenchang Field
Quad FPSO
New Build For West Of Shetlands Operation
- Internal Turret
Spread Moored New Build FPSO
Cossack Pioneer FPSO
External Disconnectable
Turret
Vessel considered to be
too old by Woodside -
To be taken out of service
2009 and replaced by
newer FPSO
FPSOs with Disconnection
Capabilities
TERRA NOVA FIELD