Development of surface completion floater (SCF) and cost comparison with two alternative deepwater floating production systems

Conference · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:403104

Smulders, L H; Bradstreet, D ^[1]; Pomonik, G M

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1. IMODCO, Inc., Calabasas Hills, CA (United States)

This paper addresses crude oil production in two water depths: 500 m (1,650 ft.) and 1,000 m (3,300 ft.). A minimum size tension leg based deep water wellhead support platform, the Surface Completion Floater (SCF) has been conceived and analyzed. Following the presentation of system characteristics, the SCF plus its tanker based Floating Production, Storage and Offloading system (FPSO) is compared on an economic basis with a small TLP with a surface completed well system and a semisubmersible-based subsea completed well system both also working in conjunction with an FPSO. The evaluation of these three deepwater production scenarios considers both capital investment and lifetime operating costs.

• OSTI ID: 403104
• Report Number(s): CONF-940409-; ISBN 1-880653-10-9; TRN: IM9651%%139
• Resource Relation: Conference: 4. international conference on offshore and polar engineering, Osaka (Japan), 10-15 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of The proceedings of the fourth (1994) international offshore and polar engineering conference. Volume 1; Chung, J.S. [ed.] [Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)]; Natvig, B.J. [ed.] [Aker Engineering A/S, Oslo (Norway)]; Das, B.M. [ed.] [Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale, IL (United States)]; PB: 649 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
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