Floating production system: An environmentally sound alternative production facility
The use of floating production systems (FPS) in offshore oil and gas developments is proliferating around the world. The Zaafarana. Oil Field, which was discovered in late 1990 is located in approximately 60 meters of water, 7 kilometers off the west coast of the north Gulf of Suez, Egypt. The field consists of a conventional not normally manned wellhead/drilling platform tied into a floating production, storage and offloading facility (FPSO). Processing, storage and offloading of the oil is conducted on a dedicated tanker, the {open_quote}Al Zaafarana{close_quote}, which is permanently located in the field. This paper shows, in a systematic way, the management approaches, process design considerations, field operations and other environmental practices utilized to implement a proactive Environmental Management System (EMS) for the FPSO operations. The EMS comprises the elements listed below which will be discussed in details through this paper: The Environmental Policy Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Environmental Design Features and Process Environmental Risk Assessment and Contingency Planning Field Environmental Management The results presented in this paper illustrate that: Through efficient environmental management acceptable environmental standards can be achieved for a FPS facility, such as the {open_quote}Al Zaafarana{close_quote}. It was necessary to use modem assessments methods to determine the environmental hazards and demonstrate that the FPS was a controllable facility producing acceptable environmental risks compared with other production development options. Utilizing a FPS incorporating a reliable environmental management system has been a challenge both on technical and managerial grounds.
- OSTI ID:
- 391152
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960623-; TRN: 96:004554-0072
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International conference on health, safety and environment in oil and gas exploration products, New Orleans, LA (United States), 9 Jun - 12 Sep 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of The third international conference on health, safety & environment in oil and gas exploration and production. Proceedings - Volume 1; PB: 941 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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