Floating Production Units

[Plimsollmark]

Some pics of the FPSO P53 taken yesterday when we were working with her.

[Plimsollmark]

And here are a couple of nice pics from down below -

[pilotdane]

Are you allowed to go fishing? That looks like a good spot.

[janihudi]

''uisge gorm'' for more then 2years laid up at several places in Rotterdam.

[esk1ld]

Not an FPSO, but an FSO...

FSO "Apollo Spirit" was towed to, and laid up, in Bøvågen (just south of Haugesund), Norway, today.


(Photo: Alf-Robert Sommbakk via Haugesunds Avis)

[ombugge]

FPSO Kikeh seen in the Kikeh Field offshore Sabah, East Malaysia:

[ombugge]

Turret, with mooring chains and raisers:


Moored in 1320 m. Water Depth with a 10-legged combination of chains-wire chain attached to anchor piles in the seabed.

[janihudi]

verynice images Ombugge,you had a inspection run by vessel and helicopter?

[ombugge]

verynice images Ombugge,you had a inspection run by vessel and helicopter?

That's right. 1 night on the FPSO.

[Tommi]

Pretty cool pictures Ombugge!
Such gigantic constructions they are.

[pilotdane]

How is the production unit connected to the field? I expect to see a large pipe coming up in the center of the turret so the FPU can swing with the wind but it just looks like mooring cables & chains.

[ombugge]

How is the production unit connected to the field? I expect to see a large pipe coming up in the center of the turret so the FPU can swing with the wind but it just looks like mooring cables & chains.

The yellow bits are Risers, bringing Production Fluid to surface and sending Gas back into the ground. There are also some umbilicals, which contains the hydraulic pipes and electric cables to control the wellheads on the seabed.

This particular FPSO has 17 slots for risers and 5 swivels to transfer the liquids from the stationary part (Turret) to the revolving part (the Ship) and one swivel to transfer electric power.

Here is a bit about the FPSO Kikeh: http://cargo-vessels-international.a...IMO7351812.pdf

And about the Kikeh Field development:





Here is some of the technology that went into developing the sub-sea part of the Kikeh Field:
http://www.akersolutions.com/en/Glob...phy-Oil-Kikeh/

PS> The large Construction Support Vessels (CSV) you see regularly on CVF are used to put all these things together in up to 3000 m. of water.