The Pazflor Project is located in deepwater, offshore Angola, approximately 40 kilometres east of the DALIA FPSO and 150 kilometres from shore. The project is owned by Total E&P Angola (40%), Esso (20%), BP (16.67%) and Statoil Hydro (23.33%).
The project will target development of hydrocarbons in two independent reservoir structures: Miocene reservoirs in 600m to 900m water depth, containing heavy oil to be recovered using subsea gas/liquid separation and liquid boosting and Oligocene reservoirs, in 1000 to 1200 m water depth, containing light oil to be developed with a production loop including riser bottom gas lift.
The overall development consists currently of 49 subsea wells connected via subsea production, injection lines and risers to a spread moored FPSO. This FPSO will have a processing capacity of 200,000 barrels of oil per day and can store two million barrels, bringing the installed production capacity on block 17 to over 700,000 barrels per day.
The FPSO is currently under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.Ltd (DSME) in Korea and will have a length of 325 metres, a beam of 61 metres.
DSME awarded the contract to tow the PAZFLOR FPSO from Korea to Angola to Fairmount Marine as well as the contract for providing mooring services upon arrival of the FPSO in the field. The project will be executed towards the end of 2010.
Albert de Heer, Managing Director of Fairmount, and leader of the project team with Operations Director Leo Leusink, Commercial Manager Paul Mulder and Project Manager Ger Leepel commented “We are honoured to be awarded with this very important towage contract by DMSE, after DALIA and UNITY the third recent major FPSO operation in which Total is involved. Fairmount is committed to provide the offshore oil & gas industry with a first class towage service deploying our new fleet of 200 tonnes bollard pull tugs; we are delighted that this commitment and investment is rewarded by the industry with prestigious orders such as PAZFLOR.. More than ever our focus is on delivering top quality complying with the highest standards for Health, Safety and Environment Protection” (source: www.fairmount.nl).
Browse Timeline
Add a Comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.
