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Table 2. Load carrying capacity and space for production equipment on different types of deepwater floating production systems | ||||||||
Platform type | Location | Examples* Vessel DWT, mt |
Operator | Hull size, m Displace., mt Footprint, m |
Waterplane area, sq m |
Load carrying capacity, mt/cm immersion |
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FPSO | Brazil | Petrobras 37 | Petrobras | 337.1×54.5 | 16,535 | 165.3 | ||
Deepwater | 280,000 | 318,902 | ||||||
337.1×54.5×0.9 | 16,535 | |||||||
FPSO | North Sea | Glas Dowr | Am. Hess | 231.9×42.1 | 8,591 | 85.9 | ||
Harsh environ. | 105,000 | 117,892 | ||||||
231.9×42.1×0.88 | 8,591 | |||||||
Semisub. | Brazil | Petrobras 25 | Petrobras | 4×10 m dia.+2×8.8 m dia. | 436 | 4.4 | ||
19,200 | 33,000 | |||||||
97.1×82.0 | 7,962 | |||||||
Large TLP | GOM | Mars | Shell | 4×20.3 m dia. | 1,294 | 12.9 | ||
48,000 | ||||||||
74.6×74.6 | 5,565 | |||||||
SPAR | GOM | Genesis | Chevron | 37.2 m dia. | 1,086 | 10.9 | ||
Small TLP | GOM | Morpeth | British Borneo | 17.7 m dia. | 246 | 2.5 | ||
10,000 | ||||||||
33.5×33.5 | 1,122 | |||||||
* Indicative examples, chosen to give quantitative sense to features of different deepwater platform types. | ||||||||
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