... top tensioned riser. Produced oil was exported to a Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM) buoy/shuttle tanker. The TW 58 was replaced in 1983 by the Deepsea Pioneer, a converted Aker H-3 MODU, and stationed on the adjacent Duncan field. The fields were abandoned in 1992. OTC-30907-MS 9 Figure 6 North Sea...

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... oil fields, the number of spread-moored FPSOs and the employment of Dynamic Positioning Shuttle Tankers increased, however represent altogether a bottleneck for the production capacity and considerable transportation cost increment. The need to implement alternatives for the use of larger...

... Abstract This paper will present a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) based solution for an optimum shuttle tanker fleet to serve the present and future FPSO based Gulf of Mexico (GoM) production. The simulation takes into account average ‘field lifecycle’ based production rates of specific...

... to the first use of purpose-built Jones Act shuttle tankers to perform such operations in the U.S. waters. The paper also covers the experience of the shuttle tankers crew on offloading operations as well as the proved performance of the vessels equipment. The main technical contributions of the work...

... Presentation of OTC-24214-MS offshore technology conference model test wave condition green water subsea system vertical acceleration amplitude fpso sevan 1000 criteria upstream oil & gas shuttle tanker tropical cyclone mooring system operational experience otc 24214 construction...

... and fluid properties, the design and construction of wells, the design and installation of the subsea system and FPSO BW Pioneer, the oil export system through shuttle tankers, the gas export through pipelines and the regulatory framework of the project. It also presents operational information about...

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... and Offloading - FPSO or Floating Storage and Re-gasification Units - FSRU or comparable) and a shuttle tanker in harsh environmental conditions? The problem consists of two main technical issues: The first is the vessel mooring configuration (e.g. side-by-side (SbS), tandem); the second is the type...

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... shuttle tankers or pipelines, and its ability to disconnect from risers/moorings and avoid the hurricane conditions design case. Understanding the issues relative to the use of FPSOs in the Gulf of Mexico and developing a design, which utilizes the proven technology of FPSOs elsewhere in the world, is key...

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... to a shuttle tanker via offloading lines and an anchor leg mooring buoy. While accepted as being commercially effective, the complexity of the behaviour of such integrated systems imposes constraints upon the designer unlike those seen for simpler field architectures. Specifically, the response of each...

... Abstract The risk of collision between shuttle tanker and FPSO during off-loading is strongly dependent on Human and Organisational Factors. The contributions to the collision frequency have been analysed in terms of Risk Influencing Factors, which are structured in an extensive risk influence...

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... of the system and offload the crude to shuttle tankers or ocean-going barges for transport to shore. FPSO's may be used as production facilities to develop oil fields in the deepwater areas of the Gulf of Mexico OCS that otherwise would challenge or exceed the limits of current deepwater production...

... or shuttle tankers. The major recommendation is to periodically update these results so that they serve as a baseline for future analyses of risk in the Gulf of Mexico. This study was undertaken for the Minerals Management Service to provide information for their use in developing a policy for FPSO's...

...), articulated tug/barge shuttle tanker of 500,000 barrel capacity An integrated mooring system, comprising chain/synthetic/wire ropes, connecting the FpSO to the DTU through both independent and common lines. Flexible mid-water risers. ?Close proximity mooring of the FpSO to the DTU, at a distance...