... production system. During each one of those 12 years I was assured, and indeed assured others, that floating production was the "offshore technology of tomorrow", the near panacea that would eventually dispute the position of, if not wholly displace, fixed-platform offshore development technology, leading...

... ARE DIFFERENT It goes without saying that in the majority of (although perhaps not all) cases, the choice between a fixed platform and a floating production system will be dictated by technical factors, centering on the size and characteristics of the reservoir to be exploited, and the depth of the water under...

... a substantial impact on the cntena for selection of thevessel. For example, it appears that the Haltenbanken Area on the Norwegian continental shelf, where the water depth is around 300-400 m, may be a location that would favour floaters over fixed platforms. In such water depths a fixed platform would need...

... platform conversion drillstem testing orientation operation reduction tanker subsea system floating production system drillstem/well testing configuration underwater technology requirement storage capacity control system dp system power consumption riser thruster fpso...

... solutions are a result of having to do the job within a bme/budget/technology constraint. The technical rlsks in FPSs are obviously significantly different from platform projects; the ratio of design effort to cost reduction should therefore be higher to justify the commercial risk. To balance nsk and cost...

... requirement stena seawell monohull vessel well service vessel drilling rig workover log analysis platform xmas tree Workover Considerations for Monohull Vessels R Johansen, Stena Offshore This chapter discusses the requirements for cost-effective well service and workover associated operations...

.... The systems are based on the followng types of units: lack-up ship/tanker semisubmersible tension-leg platform As of April 1987, some 75% of the estimated total 32 floating production systems in operation worldwide were fitted with flexible riser pipes, with an additional ten units of a n advanced stage...