GIRASSOL FPSO

Floating units | Mooring systems
Technical assistance

GIRASSOL FPSO

Client

TOTAL

Dates

1997 – 2003

Presentation

  • Angola
  • Water depth of 1350 m
  • Storage capacity: 2 million bbls
  • New built hull, 300m x 60m x 31m
  • 16-leg spread mooring
  • Maximum oil production: 200.000 bbls / day
  • Export on loading buoy (SPM, semi taut mooring) or in tandem
  • Network of bundles
  • Riser tower & flexible jumpers

DVO Services

  • Conceptual definition of hull including interface definition with topsides
  • CFT Technical specifications for the hull and the export buoy
  • Interface manager in Company project team
  • Company installation manager for the riser tower and the subsea bundles
  • Supervision on FPSO mooring installation
  • Technical investigation and implementation of action plan following loading buoy anchoring leg failure.