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FPSO PazFlor Spread Mooring

 
 
FPSO PazFlor Spread Mooring Image
 
 

Scope of Work

SOFEC designed spread mooring piles, mooring legs, pull-in and installation equipment for the FPSO.

Located 150 kilometers offshore Angola, Pazflor comprises four reservoirs covering an area of 600 square kilometers, lying under 1,200 to 2,100 meters of sediment in water depths of 600 to 1,200m.

The SOFEC spread mooring system is BV classed.

FPSO PazFlor Spread Mooring Location Image
 
 

SOFEC designed spread mooring piles, mooring legs, pull-in and installation equipment for the FPSO.

Located 150 kilometers offshore Angola, Pazflor comprises four reservoirs covering an area of 600 square kilometers, lying under 1,200 to 2,100 meters of sediment in water depths of 600 to 1,200m.

The SOFEC spread mooring system is BV classed.

FPSO PazFlor Spread Mooring Location Image
 
 

General Description

Client Name:DSME (EPC) TOTAL (Owner)
Contract Award:March 2008
Installation Date:July 2011
First Oil:August 2011
Vessel Size:477,067 dwt
Storage Capacity:2,000,000 bbls
Water Depth:823m (2,699ft)
 
 

Design Environmental Criteria

 
 

100-year squall storm

Significant Wave Height:4.5m (15ft)
Wind Velocity:28.1m/s (54.6 knots)
Surface Current:1.63m/s (3.2 knots)
 
 

Riser System

 
 

24 Risers – initial
20 Risers – future

 
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