... Units (MODUS) to FPFs are the PETROBRAS XXIV, installed in the Albacora Field offshore Brazil in January 1993, and the ENSERCH GARDEN BANKS, currently undergoing conversion. Both semisubmersibles are second-generation designs. The PETROBRAS XXIV, formerly the PENROD 72, is owned and operated by Brasoil...

... specifically for dep1oyment from other, more readi1y mobilized and cost effective, offshore support vessels such as a DSV or even a supply boat. well intervention offshore technology conference operator production enhancement assembly deepwater test penrod 72 well logging fixture fi xture...

... and Production System (FOPS) shown in Figure 1. The system consists of a 24 well subsea template, a buoyant production riser and flexible hose arrays connecting the riser to the converted Penrod 72 semi-submersible drilling unit. The vessel is secured by an eight point spring bouy mooring system shown in Figure...

..., procurement and installation of the Green Canyon Block 29 Floating Production Platform (FPP) Mooring System provided several challenges to industry in order to: Provide station-keeping for the selected MODU, Penrod 72, in Gulf of Mexico 100-year hurricane conditions with production riser remaining connected...

... of the drilling semi, the Penrod 72. Besides the floating facility (FPF) described here, the system includes permanent moorings, a production riser, a subsea well system and export pipeline and operates in 1,540 ft of water. Figure 1 shows the principal features of the system. The system in total is described...

... the unit is on station. A sub-sea template located in Green Canyon Block 29 will support the production activities of several of Placid's nearby blocks. The semi-submersible drilling rig, Penrod 72 , will remain permanently moored above the template throughout the 1He of the field. The various well...