FSO UOTE External Turret
Scope of Work
SOFEC designed, constructed, fabricated and delivered an external mooring system for the FSO UOTE. The FSO is part of the Petrobras Offshore Crude Terminal located in the Campos Basin, Offshore Brazil. The offshore crude terminal consists of two CALM buoys and a turret moored FSO unit with tandem mooring for shuttle tankers. The FSO UOTE is located in 75 meters water depth and is designed to withstand the extreme environmental conditions with return periods up to 100 years, with a passive, weathervaning external turret mooring system.
The SOFEC external mooring system is ABS classed.
General Description
| Client Name: | Tanker Pacific Offshore Terminals, Pte. Ltd. |
| Contract Award: | January 2012 |
| Installation Date: | August 2013 |
| First Oil: | September 2013 |
| Vessel Size: | 391,800 dwt |
| Storage Capacity: | 339,200 bbls |
| Water Depth: | 75m (246ft) |
| Fabrication: | Turret - China Vessel - China |
Design Environmental Criteria
100-year storm
| Sig. Wave Height: | 7.84m (25.7ft) |
| Wind Velocity: | 31m/s (60.2 kts) |
| Current: | 1.4m/s (2.72 kts) |
Fluid Swivel Assembly
3x 20-in. Toroid Swivels, 150# SOFEC designed and supplied swivel stack, with electrical and Fiber optic slip rings
Riser System
2 x 20-in offloading submarine hoses with one control umbilical