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Report out from FPSO Global Workshop24-25 September, 2002-Houston
by Johan Wichers – MARIN USA Inc.
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October 16, 2002October 16, 2002
Santiago de Compostella, SpainSantiago de Compostella, Spain
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Who organized the FPSO-Global-Workshop and Why?
Offshore Operators’ CommitteeOffshore Operators’ Committee API Shuttle Vessel Task ForceAPI Shuttle Vessel Task Force DeepStarDeepStar FPSO Research ForumFPSO Research Forum MMSMMS USCG USCG SPESPE
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Who organized the FPSO-Global-Workshop and Why?
In deepwater regions of the GoM large oil In deepwater regions of the GoM large oil fields are present. FPSOs seem to be the fields are present. FPSOs seem to be the economic solution economic solution
To “identify and clear” potential roadblocks To “identify and clear” potential roadblocks for FPSOs to be installed in the deepwater for FPSOs to be installed in the deepwater part of the GoMpart of the GoM
Discussions with all players: the oil Discussions with all players: the oil companies, operators, contractors, research companies, operators, contractors, research institutes, government, class societiesinstitutes, government, class societies
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Who attended FPSO Global Workshop
FPSO Global WorkshopFPSO Global Workshop
24-25 September24-25 September
4343
112112
1010
2323
188188
155155
525525
IBC’s OPT USA2002
16-17 September
2
44
-
36
72
46
1200
IBC’s FPS USA2002
17-19 June
2
44
-
21
67
46
1200
Oil company people
Other categories
Oil company speakers
Other speakers
Total in room
Estimated paid attendees
Ticker price US $
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The 2 days program
DAY-ONE1)The Latest in the GoM Regulatory Framework for FPSOs, What It Really Means Today2)Typical FPSO Operators’ Requirements Outside GoM Oil Co. Owner & User of FPSOs Contractor Owner of FPSOs3)Typical Operators’ Requirements for FPSOs for GoM
DAY-TWO4)Town Hall Meeting: Brief Presentations on Future Needs by Attendees 5)Where do the shuttle vessels come from? What requirements apply? How
can they compete with established pipeline networks?6)Time for the Practical Stuff: How do we now obtain one of these FPSOs for
GoM?7) Conclusions from Industry Leaders in Sponsoring Organizations
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DAY-ONE - morning
1)The Latest in the GoM Regulatory Framework for FPSOs,
What It Really Means Today
Jim Grant – MMS: Regulatory review for FPSOs in the GoM
Mark Prescott – USCG: FPSOs in the GoM? Are we there yet?
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DAY-ONE - morning
2)Typical FPSO Operators’ Requirements Outside GoM
Oil Co. Owner & User of FPSOs Dave Edwards- Shell: Succesful FPSO projects – What does it takes?Marco Maddalena – Petrobras: Petrobras requirements for FPSOsMarc Buezlow – ChevronTexaco: CTX has interest in 19 FPSOs and FSOsBen Thurmond – BP: FPSO requirements
Contractor Owner of FPSOsJohn Lane – Modec: Typical Operator Requirements outside the GoM John Spittal – PGS: The FPSO role in the GoMAllan Millmaker – Bluewater: An Owner’s PerspectiveRob Mountjoy – SBMImodco; Experience of SBM
Steve Balint – Shell and Johan Wichers-MARIN: Top Three Issues for FPSO’s
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DAY-ONE -Afternoon
3)Typical Operators’ Requirements for FPSOs for GoM
Rick Meyer & Mitch Winkler - Shell EP Company: Rick Meyer & Mitch Winkler - Shell EP Company: Economics Issues for FPSOs in Economics Issues for FPSOs in GoM: What’s Different?GoM: What’s Different?
Carl-Arne Carlsen - DNV: Carl-Arne Carlsen - DNV: Typical Operators’ Performance Expectations for FPSOs Typical Operators’ Performance Expectations for FPSOs in the GoMin the GoM
Wanda Parker - Deepstar: Wanda Parker - Deepstar: FPSO operating and safety requirementsFPSO operating and safety requirements Tricia Clark - API Shuttle Vessel Task Force: Tricia Clark - API Shuttle Vessel Task Force: Expected Operating Procedures for Expected Operating Procedures for
FPSO / Shuttle Vessel OperationsFPSO / Shuttle Vessel Operations
Bill Sember-ABS: Bill Sember-ABS: GoM’s Top Three Issues for FPSOs for GoMGoM’s Top Three Issues for FPSOs for GoM
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One of the main conclusions of Day-one:One of the main conclusions of Day-one:
FPSO Integrity FPSO Integrity
FPSOs have to stay their life time at location and have to operate according to the operators expectations – large field - large output – design failures may lead to large financial losses
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DAY-TWO - morning
4) Town Hall Meeting: Brief Presentations on Future Needs by Attendees
Ian Whitby-Intec Engineering: Deepwater pipeline or shuttle tanker?
Greg Smith-MMS: Royalties in-kind, economics and transportation
Bill Daughdrill - Ecology&Environment Inc.: Environment & FPSOs-are we ready?
Arun Duggal – FMC SOFEC : Is DP an option for deepwater FPSOs ?
John Leitch – KBR: Contracting Strategy in GoM
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DAY-TWO - morning
5) Where do the shuttle vessels come from? What requirements apply?How can they compete with established pipeline networks?
Skip Ward-OTRC: Comparative Risk Analysis of Deepwater Production Systems
Terry Stock-Callon Petroleum Company: Pipeline Infrastructure, Economics, Risks for GoM v. Shuttle Tankers
Stein Rynning Navion ASA: Adaptation of Existing North Sea Shuttle Tankers and Practices to GoM
John Ellis Skaugen PetroTrans Inc. : Commonality of GoM Lightering experience with GoM shuttling
Chuck Steube, Seahorse Shuttling & Technology LLC : A New Venture in the U.S. Market
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DAY-TWO -Afternoon
6) Time for the Practical Stuff: How do we now obtain one of these FPSOs for GoM?
Mark Prescot-USCG: FPSO’s in the GoM, Getting started Marco Maddalena-Petrobras: Petrobras viewpoint on the process of acquiring a
FPSO Per Bergstol-Fearnley Offshore: The Commercial Side - lease or buy an FPSO?
Existing or Newbuild? Rob Mountjoy-SBMImodco: The FPSO Contractor Solution Jan Wagner-Fluor Corporation: Next generation FPSO: The engineering and
construction contractor solution.
7) Conclusions from Industry Leaders in Sponsoring Organizations
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Some conclusions1) FPSOs have to stay their life time at location (~20 years)
and have to operate according to the operators expectations. The fields are much larger than the fields on the GoM shelf. The through put is large, design failures may lead to large financial losses
2) Outside and inside the GoM the technical problems are nearly the same – Loop-eddies, hurricanes, deepwater. We have typhoons in South-East Asia, we have large current speeds in South-East Asia (soliton current) and North of Shetland (Gulfstream return), we have deepwater in West Africa.
3) The MMS may allow limited re-injection of natural gas from FPSOs in the Gulf of Mexico as long as the gas is eventually recovered. For operators, that flexibility may remove a major stumbling block that had threatened to delay the entry of FPSOs into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Some conclusions (con’d)4) A "serious shift in industry sentiment toward using FPSOs
in the last 12 months" is noticed. However, there is still the problem of economically building Jones Act-compliant shuttle tankers to offload from Gulf-based FPSOs. Some industry sources hoped that waivers might be granted by US Customs, which enforces the Jones Act, for foreign-flagged and foreign-crewed tankers to operate temporarily in US waters while an entirely new fleet of US-flagged, US-built tankers is assembled.
5) Another option that may be gaining ground to become the first Gulf FPSO is simply to move an existing FPSO from elsewhere to the Gulf and have it produce both oil and gas directly into a pipeline, doing away with the need for storage or offloading.Shell had considered such a scenario before it opted for a newbuild semi-submersible production platform to develop its sprawling deep-water Na Kika complex in the Gulf.
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Some conclusions (con’d)6) Personnel issues continue to press operators. Operational
experience/training/competency issues will be dramatically different than classic GoM shelf fixed platform facilities.
7) Early dialog between developer and agency can provide valuable benefits and reductions of potential risk to schedule.
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