Description

Lecture evening with topic:
"Design, fabrication and installation of the Peng Bo FPSO Soft Yoke Mooring System"

In summer 2009 the connection was completed of the massive FPSO Hai Yang Shi You 117 to the Soft Yoke Mooring System in the Bohai Bay in China.
The Soft Yoke Mooring System, designed and built by Bluewater under an EPC contract with ConocoPhillips, is the largest of its kind.
The mooring tower of the SYMS consists of a 1600 t steel jacket tower pinned to the seafloor with piles weighing 1800 t and a 2750 t topside housing a 17 m high swivel stack. The bow of the FPSO is fitted with a 1300 t steel structure, supporting a 2150 t yoke assembly that connects to the mooring tower.
The 323 m long and 60 m wide FPSO with 40,000 tons topside is the largest moored in shallow water. The water depth of 27 metres results in a minimal throat clearance of only 2 m.
The presentation will high-light the challenges and solutions in the design, fabrication and installation of the SYMS mooring tower and connection of the FPSO.

Speaker(s)

Patrick Ottolini, Manager Structural Engineering at Bluewater Energy Services B.V.

SPECIALITIES
* There will be an opportunity to join the sponsored bread meal at 18.00.
* The pre-bread meal and the drinks afterwards will be offered by Bluewater Energy Services B.V.
The drinks afterwards will be held at café "de Posthoorn" on the Lange Voorhout.
* Registration until Tuesday before the lecture at the latest.

Location

KIVI NIRIA building, Prinsessegracht 23

2514 AP The Hague

Organiser

Offshore Technology

Name and contact details for information

Further information from ir M. Meijer of Delta Marine Consultants, tel 0182-590613 or 06-29121831.