Schiehallion FPSO
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Summary Information
- Name: Schiehallion FPSO
- Field: Schiehallion Oil Field
- Country: UK
- Ownership: BP
- Website:
- Field Operated By: BP
- Capacity: 130,000 bpd
- Year of Completion: 1997
+++ Brief Description
- The Schiehallion FPSO incorporates two trains of oil separation and high-pressure gas compression.
- The vessel has storage for 950,000 barrels of oil
- The oil can be off-loaded on to shuttle tankers at the rate of 600,000 barrels per 24-hour period
- The vessel is permanently moored by means of a forward top mounted internal turret system, which holds the FPSO on station during survival storm conditions. Fourteen mooring chains anchor the vessel in approximately 400 meters of water.
- The vessel was decommissioned as part of the Quad 204 Redevelopment Project], which is designed to extend the lives of the Schiehallion & Loyal fields utilising the Glen Lyon FPSO
- The vessel has been refurbished and renamed Armada Intrepid FPSO
+++ Contractors
- **Brown & Root:** Project management, the design and fabrication of the FPSO's topsides and for the vessel installation
- **Harland and Wolff:** Design and build the 950,000 barrel capacity vessel
- **SBM:** Design and build the turret and moorings
- **Brown & Root McDermott Fabricators (BARMAC):** Fabrication of 6,300 tonnes of process topsides
- **BiFab:**
- Fabrication of Upper Turret for FPSO Including Duplex Process Pipework and the LQ Module
- Hex Replacement Module
- Extended Living Quarter
- **HSM Offshore:** Compression Modules
+++ Status
- In operation
+++ History
- 1997 - Schiehallion FPSO completed
- 2013 - The FPSO is decommissioned and sold
+++ Other Information
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+++ Links
- Gustomsc FPSO References
- BiFab Platform References
- HSM Offshore Platform References
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- Schiehallion Oilfield Development Sanctioned
- Alliance starts on BP'S 400 million British pound Schiehallion project
- Oil Production Starts from Schiehallion Field
- BP chooses Aibel’s VIEC technology for Schiehallion FPSO