Schiehallion FPSO

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Summary Information

• Name: Schiehallion FPSO
• Field: Schiehallion Oil Field
• Country: UK
• Ownership: BP
• Website:
• Field Operated By: BP
• Capacity: 130,000 bpd
• Year of Completion: 1997

Brief Description

• The Schiehallion FPSO incorporates two trains of oil separation and high-pressure gas compression.
• The vessel has storage for 950,000 barrels of oil
• The oil can be off-loaded on to shuttle tankers at the rate of 600,000 barrels per 24-hour period
• The vessel is permanently moored by means of a forward top mounted internal turret system, which holds the FPSO on station during survival storm conditions. Fourteen mooring chains anchor the vessel in approximately 400 meters of water.
• The vessel was decommissioned as part of the Quad 204 Redevelopment Project, which is designed to extend the lives of the Schiehallion & Loyal fields utilising the Glen Lyon FPSO
• The vessel has been refurbished and renamed Armada Intrepid FPSO

Contractors

• Brown & Root: Project management, the design and fabrication of the FPSO's topsides and for the vessel installation
• Harland and Wolff: Design and build the 950,000 barrel capacity vessel
• SBM: Design and build the turret and moorings
• Brown & Root McDermott Fabricators (BARMAC): Fabrication of 6,300 tonnes of process topsides
• BiFab:
  • Fabrication of Upper Turret for FPSO Including Duplex Process Pipework and the LQ Module
  • Hex Replacement Module
  • Extended Living Quarter
• HSM Offshore: Compression Modules

Status

• In operation

History

• 1997 - Schiehallion FPSO completed
• 2013 - The FPSO is decommissioned and sold

Other Information

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Links

1. Gustomsc FPSO References
2. BiFab Platform References
3. HSM Offshore Platform References
4. GE Announces Start-Up Of Two LM6000 Gas Turbines On Schiehallion FPSO
5. Schiehallion Oilfield Development Sanctioned
6. Alliance starts on BP'S 400 million British pound Schiehallion project
7. Oil Production Starts from Schiehallion Field
8. BP chooses Aibel’s VIEC technology for Schiehallion FPSO

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