BW Pioneer FPSO
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Summary Information
- Name: BW Pioneer FPSO
- Field: Cascade Chinook Oil And Gas Field
- Country: USA
- Ownership: BW Offshore
- Website: http://www.bwoffshore.com/
- Field operated By: Petrobras
- Capacity: 80,000 barrels of oil and 500,000 cubic meters of gas per day
- Year of Completion
Brief Description
- The FPSO has a capacity to process 80,000 barrels of oil and 500,000 cubic meters of gas per day.
- The unit is provided of a disconnecting anchorage system which allows its displacement to sheltered areas in the event of a storm or hurricanes.
Contractors
- BW Offshore: Provision of FPSO
- Inocean: Vessel Design
- Keppel: FPSO conversion
- APL: Delivery of complete STP buoy and mooring system
- First Subsea: Supply of mooring connections for a disconnectable Submerged Turret Production (STP) Buoy
- Dyna-Mac: 7 units of topside
- DPS Global: Flare Knock Out, Production Separation / PWT, Module Supply EPC, Module Yard Supervision, Detailed Design, FEED
- Technics: Design of the process engineering, detailed engineering and calculations, procurement of major equipment and fabrication /construction (i.e., “EPCC Basis”), for two modules of gas compression systems and one unit of gas treatment and processing module
- Kavin Engineering: Design And Engineering of Gas Dehydration and TEG Regeneration Package
- ABB: Electrical Systems
Status
- In operation
History
- 2007 - Petrobras & BW Offshore sign FPSO contract
- 2008 - Dyna-Mac awarded topsides contract
- 2009 - First Subsea awarded contract to supply mooring connections
- 2009 - FPSO conversion completed
- 2011 - BOEMRE Approves use of BW Pioneer FPSO
- 2012 - First oil produced
Other Information
- BW Pioneer FPSO is the first ever FPSO approved for use in the USA
Links
- International Protective Coatings FPSO References
- ABB FPSO References
- Inocean FPSO References
- Kavin Engineering FPSO References
- Dyna-Mac Topsides Module Business
- Petrobras and its partners approve Chinook Cascade FPSO contract
- Technics Oil & Gas Kicks Off FY2008 On A High Note with New Client - Norway-Listed Leading FPSO Contractor, BW Offshore
- Keppel Shipyard on track to complete first FPSO for US Gulf of Mexico
- First Subsea to moor Chinook Cascade FPSO STP Buoy
- BOEMRE Approves First-Ever Use of Deepwater Floating Production Storage Offloading Facility in Gulf of Mexico
- BW Offshore: First oil on BW Pioneer
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