BW Athena FPSO

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Summary Information

+++ Brief Description

  • The vessel has Oil production capacity of 28,000 bbl/d, Water injection capacity of 25,000 bbl/d and Storage capacity of 50,000 bbl
  • The vessel is now known as BW Athena FPSO but was previously called BW Carmen FPSO

+++ Contractors

  • **BW Offshore:**
    • FEED study for upgrades
  • **Drydocks World:**
    • Lengthening of the vessel and fabrication and installation of a new section for the Submerged Turret Production (STP) system
  • **Advanced Production and Loading (APL):**
    • Supply of submerged Turret Production (STP) buoy
  • **First Subsea:** Supply of the Ballgrab connectors used to moor the FPSO's submerged turret production buoy
  • **ABB:** Electrical Systems


+++ Status

  • In operation

+++ History

  • 1994 - BW Carmen was built
  • 1999 - BW Carmen was converted to an FPSO
  • 2010 - Letter of Intent signed for use on Athena Oil Field
  • 2015 - Contract extension signed

+++ Other Information

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+++ Links

  1. Inocean FPSO References
  2. BW Offshore signs LoI for BW Carmen
  3. First Subsea connectors moor BW Athena FPSO submerged turret production buoy
  4. [[[ABB FPSO References]]]
  5. BW Offshore: Contract extension for BW Athena
  6. BW Offshore: Contract extension for BW Athena