South China Sea field sees unique production, flow line installation

Journal Article · Mon Aug 09 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Oil and Gas Journal; (United States)

OSTI ID:5394520

Sheridan, J F; Edis, S J ^[1]

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1. Clough Stena Joint Venture, Nedlands (Australia)

Use of a unique configuration of vessels to install floating production and flow line systems in a South China Sea field indicates the arrangement can be used for deepwater installations. The installation's 360-m water depth set a world record for a catenary anchor-leg mooring (CALM) SBM installation. Terminal Installations Inc., a member of the SBM Group of Companies, and Alcorn (Production) Philippines developed the West Linapacan Field with installation of a floating production, storage, and off loading (FPSO) production system and associated flow lines. The field lies 50 km northwest of Palawan Island in the Philippines. Of particular interest was the installation method used. The construction spread was based on a dynamic-positioning vessel and a flat-top construction barge moored together for the duration of the installation. The paper discusses the West Linapacan field, construction philosophy, the cargo barge, deployment system, positioning control, anchor tensioning, the FPSO II hookup, reel transfer at sea, the layaway technique, laying the flow lines, and wider applications of this method.

• OSTI ID: 5394520
• Journal Information: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States), Journal Name: Oil and Gas Journal; (United States) Vol. 91:32; ISSN OIGJAV; ISSN 0030-1388
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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