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Vol. 59 No. 2

February 2007

Offshore Facilities: Construction and Design

Albacora Leste Field - P-50 FPSO Mooring System

The mooring system for the P-50 floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel is an 18-line, partially compliant spread-mooring system, with 10 lines to the bow and eight lines to the stern. The mooring lines comprise polyester ropes and steel chain in a semitaut configuration. This project was the heaviest synthetic-line mooring system designed for a floating production unit.

View a synopsis of OTC 18243 published in JPT

This article, written by Technology Editor Dennis Denney, contains highlights of paper OTC 18243, "Albacora Leste Field Development—FPSO P-50 Mooring-System Concept and Installation," by F.E.N. Brandão, C.C.D. Henriques, J.B. de Araújo, O.C.G. Ferreira, and C. dos Santos Amaral, Petrobras, prepared for the 2006 Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 1-4 May.

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