Girassol FPSO

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Summary Information

  • Name: Girassol FPSO
  • Field: Girassol Oil Field
  • Country: Angola
  • Ownership: Total
  • Website:
  • Field Operated By: Total
  • Capacity: 200,000 bpd
  • Year of Completion:

+++ Brief Description

  • The FPSO, the largest of its type ever built, is capable of processing 200,000 barrels of oil and 300 Mscf of gas per day and storing 2 million barrels
  • Its Dead Weight is 343,000 Dwt, it isd spread moored in 1,350 m water, and has Accommodation for 140 Men
  • It has Water Injection capabilities of 390,000 bwpd @ 150 bar.and Gas Injection of 280 Mscfd @ 285 bar.
  • The Rosa Oil Field is also a tie back to the Vessel

+++ Contractors

  • **Hyundai Heavy Industry:** EPIC Vessel construction
  • **Saipem:** EPIC for entire project
  • **ABB:** Electrical Systems
  • **Emtunga:** Electrical & Instrument Building
  • **Jotun:** Painting


+++ Status

  • In operation

+++ History

  • 1999 - Hyundai Heavy Industry awarded EPIC contract
  • 2001 - Production starts
  • 2007 - First oil from the Rosa Field

+++ Other Information

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+++ Links

  1. ABB FPSO References
  2. Emtunga Offshore Platform References
  3. Hyundai Heavy Industries FPSO References
  4. Jotun FPSO References
  5. Saipem FPSO References
  6. Total Amends FMC Technologies Contract for the Rosa Project, Offshore West Africa
  7. Angola's Deepwater Girassol Field Comes on Stream