Girassol Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Total
• Country: Angola
• Location: Block 17
• Production start: 2001
• Partners: Sonangol
• Type: Girassol Crude Oil
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• Located in water depths of 1,350 metres, 150 kilometres offshore, Girassol was the largest deepwater development to be brought onstream in the world at the time
• The subsea installations consist of 70 km of infield pipelines linked to three riser towers carrying production to a Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessel. The FPSO, the largest of its type ever built, is capable of processing 200,000 barrels of oil per day and storing 2 million barrels
• Production from the Rosa Oil Field and Jasmim oil field is tied back to the Girassol FPSO
  • Girassol Life Extension (GIRLIFEX) Project: Flexible pipes will be installed bypassing the rigid pipe bundles installed before production began. This will extend the life of the Girassol field

Contractors

• **KWsubsea:** Design of a repair system for deep water pipelines
• Phase 2
  • **FMC:** manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment
  • **Technip:** project management, engineering, fabrication and installation of umbilicals, interconnecting power cable, recovery and disposal of four rigid spools, installation of eight new flexible spools
  • **Aker Solutions:** Delivery of two dynamic power and control steel tube umbilicals, one dynamic power cable and ancillary equipment
• Girassol Life Extension (GIRLIFEX) Project
  • TechnipFMC:
    • Engineering, procurement, and supply of flowlines and connectors
    • Installation of flexible pipe and associated subsea structures

History

• 1996 - Girassol Oil Field discovered
• 2001 - First production started
• 2003 - Start up of satellite field Jasmim
• 2011 - FMC contract for manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment for Phase 2
• 2012 - Technip awarded Phase 2 EPIC contract
• 2023 - Contract awarded for Girassol Life Extension (GIRLIFEX) Project

Links

1. Total, Girassol
2. Serimax Pipeline References
3. KWsubsea Deepwater Project Highlights References
4. Angola's Deepwater Girassol Field Comes on Stream
5. Production Start-up of Jasmim, Offshore Angola
6. Total Awards $80 Million Subsea Production System Option 3 of Girassol Resource Initiative to FMC Technologies
7. Technip awarded substantial contract for the phase 2 of the GirRI project in Angola
8. Aker Solutions wins umbilical contract in West Africa
9. TechnipFMC Awarded Significant Contract by TotalEnergies EP Angola for Girassol Life Extension (GIRLIFEX) Project
10. TechnipFMC Awarded Significant Installation Contract by TotalEnergies for Girassol Life Extension Project