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Monday, November 15, 2010
The naming ceremony for the FPSO to be used on Nigeria’s Usan field took place at the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) yard recently. The Usan FPSO is the world’s largest FPSO facility.
Attending the naming ceremony were HHI chief operating officer Kang Chang-june, Total executive director for external affairs John Addeh, and 300 guests. The $1.7 billion FPSO was ordered by French supermajor Total in February 2008.
The vessel can refine 160,000 bpd of oil and 5 Mmcf/d of natual gas. It has storage for 2 million barrels of oil and is 320m long, 61m wide, 32m high and weighs 116,000 tons.
Cutting-edge technologies such as three-dimensional simulation during module installation to assess risks and drydock loading of four sets of topside modules are a paradigm shift in the industry, shortening construction time by up to a month and increasing reliability and worker safety.
After trial runs in Ulsan, the Usan FPSO will sail out for the Usan Field at the end of March 2011. The Usan Field is located 100 km south of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
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