The objective of this research was to conduct a Comparative Risk Analysis for a Spar-based Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) facility in the Gulf of Mexico. This work represents an extension of a previously completed project where the oil spill and fatality risks were analyzed for a tanker-based FPSO in the Gulf of Mexico. In the earlier work, the risks for the tanker-based FPSO were compared with three types of deepwater production systems that have already been operated successfully in the Gulf of Mexico: a Spar and a Tension Leg Platform (TLP) with oil pipelines; and a shallow-water jacket serving as a hub and host to deepwater production. This report provides a brief description of the methodology and a summary of the major results and conclusions.


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    Title :

    Comparative Risk Analysis of Spar-Based FPSO's


    Contributors:
    R. B. Gilbert (author) / E. G. Ward (author)

    Publication date :

    2003


    Size :

    160 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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