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

+++ 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

+++ Geology

+++ 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