Liuhua 11-1 development -- Design and fabrication considerations for the FPSO Nanhai Sheng Li
This paper describes the development, design, and fabrication of the crude oil process facilities, and the conversion of an existing tanker for use at the Liuhua 11-1 Field. Over a 16-month period spanning 1994 and 1995, Amoco Orient Petroleum Company, and partners, China Offshore Oil Nanhai East Corporation (CONHE), and Kerr-McGee China Petroleum Ltd., converted a crude oil tanker originally built in 1975 to the Nanhai Sheng Li, the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility for the Liuhua 11-1 Field. The FPSO will process up to 65,000 BOPD produced from 20 subsea wells located 1.7 miles away. In addition to the processing facilities for produced oil and water, the FPSO has a processed crude oil storage capacity of 715,000 bbls. The ship`s propulsion system was removed during the conversion, because the FPSO is permanently moored at site by means of a 10-point, ``soft`` mooring. The mooring system was designed to survive the 100-year-return-period typhoon. Several unique aspects of the ship`s conversion, process facility, and mooring system design are discussed. Process design aspects include the flexibility to accommodate wide variations in produced water-oil ratio and total volume, the design considerations of the large water and crude processing equipment, vessel motions during operation, and equipment survival during storms.The FPSO design discussion focuses on global hull strength for surviving a 100-year typhoon. Special design requirements for the mooring turret structural integration to the converted tanker are also discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 434009
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960525--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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