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