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Oil produced from offshore production platforms are transported to the mainland either by pipeline or by tanker. When a tanker solution is chosen, it is necessary to accumulate oil in some form of tank, then the need for a FPSO(Floating Production Storage and Offloading) unit.

 

FPSO Definiton

An FPSO system is an offshore production facility that is typically ship-shaped and stores crude oil in tanks located in the hull of the vessel. The crude oil is periodically offloaded to shuttle tankers or ocean-going barges for transport to shore. Moored permanently at a certain location at sea, these Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) units should be able to survive the most critical environmental conditions occurring. In recent years FPSOs have become the major floating production units for shallow and deep water in mild and harsh environments.

 

Advantages of FPSO

An FPSO system has the capability to carry out some processes of oil production therefore obviating the need for such facilities to be located on an oil platform.

FPSOs are particularly effective in remote or deepwater locations where seabed pipelines are not cost effective. FPSOs eliminate the need to lay expensive long-distance pipelines from the oil well to an onshore terminal. They can also be used economically in smaller oil fields which can be exhausted in a few years and do not justify the expense of installing a fixed oil platform. Once the field is depleted, the FPSO can be moved to a new location.

 

 

FPSO on operation condition

 

Chingueti FPSO