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FloatingProductionStorageandOffloadingvessels,orFPSOs,areoffshoreproduction
facilitiesthathousebothprocessingequipmentandstorageforproducedhydrocarbons.
ThebasicdesignofmostFPSOsencompassesashipshapedvessel,withprocessing
equipment,ortopsides,aboardthevessel'sdeckandhydrocarbonstoragebelowinthe
doublehull.Afterprocessing,anFPSOstoresoilorgasbeforeoffloadingperiodicallyto
shuttletankersortransmittingprocessedpetroleumviapipelines.
Mooredinplaceby
variousmooring
systems,FPSOsare
effectivedevelopment
solutionsforboth
deepwaterandultra
deepwaterfields.A
centralmooring
systemallowsthe
vesseltorotatefreely
tobestrespondto
weatherconditions,
orweathervane,
whilespreadmooring
systemsanchorthe
vesselfromvarious
locationsonthe
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Usuallytiedto
multiplesubseawells,
FPSOsgather
FPSO
hydrocarbonsfrom
subseaproduction
wellsthroughaseriesofinfieldpipelines.Oncetappedbysubseawells,hydrocarbonsare
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transmittedthroughflowlinestorisers,whichtransporttheoilandgasfromtheseafloorto
thevessel'sturretandthentotheFPSOonthewater'ssurface.
Theprocessing
equipmentaboardthe
FPSOissimilarto
whatwouldbefound
atopaproduction
platform.Usuallybuilt
inmodules,FPSO
productionequipment
canconsistofwater
separation,gas
treatment,oil
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injectionandgas
compression,among
others.Hydrocarbons
arethentransferred
tothevessel's
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Permanentlymoored,FPSOsareviabledevelopmentsolutionsforanumberofdifferent
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developmentwhentherearenoexistingpipelinesorinfrastructuretotransferproductionto
shore.AddingtotheeconomicadvantagesofFPSOs,existingtankersarefrequently
convertedintoFPSOs.
Usedinoffshoreproductionsincethe1970s,FPSOshavebeenhistoricallyutilizedinthe
NorthSea,offshoreBrazil,AsiaPacific,theMediterraneanSeaandoffshoreWestAfrica.
OilspillsdonotusuallyoccurfromFPSOs,althoughinthelate1990stheTexacoCaptain
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BesidesFPSOs,similarfloatingsystemsincludeFloatingStorageandOffloadingsystems
(FSOs),FloatingProductionSystems(FPSs)andFloatingStorageUnits(FSUs).
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