In the search for fresh reserves of oil and gas, companies within this industry have to exploit deep-water fields (>2000 m). This presents significant challenges with regard to designing, building, installing and operating oil and gas production systems profitably. Deep-water fields must be capable of being operated with the same levels of safety as shallow water fields.
The introduction of FPSO vessels (Floating Production Storage Offloading) are fast replacing common oil rig structures. Market leading companies such as SBMmodco use Flowmaster extensively in the design of FPSO's.
Common applications in of Flowmaster in the design of FPSO's include:
- Design of trim/ballast systems and control
- Design of storage tank venting system and control
- Design of inert gas system distribution
- Sizing and optimisation of cargo heating systems
- Optimisation of storage tank filling and discharge times
- Failsafe scenarios and planning (rapid valve closure, sudden pump trip, shuttle vessel breakaway)
- Design of fire protection systems
- Optimisation of steam line distribution systems
- Design and optimisation of offloading systems.
