99-08_dwt_fpso-lovie_table2.htm (Aug-1999)

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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
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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