Barge-mounted treating plant to serve Prudhoe Bay injection program

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Offshore; (United States)

OSTI ID:6199004

A barge-mounted Seawater Treating Plant (STP) which will serve the largest waterflood project on the North American continent is nearing completion at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery Ltd. of Korea. The $150-million facility, the first such offshore plant ever built, will provide 2.2 million bpd of filtered, demineralized and warmed seawater under pressure for injection into the Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, oil field. It will be towed from Daewoo's Okpo, Korea, shipyard, in May with expected delivery to Alaska in July. The water output from the STP will maintain, when operational, the pressure necessary to continue the field's current production of 1.5 million bpd. The STP is being fabricated as a complete unit on its own integral hull. It will be positioned and set in a prepared offshore gravel foundation on the seabed by controlled ballasting. After its estimated service life of 25 years, the STP can be removed from the site by deballasting and towing. Construction requirements for the STP are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 6199004
• Journal Information: Offshore; (United States), Vol. 43:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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