Deepwater Buoy

As oil production moves into more remote fields in deeper waters, the challenges are significantly greater — to production costs, the technology required to reach the oil and transportation of the oil once it is reached.

Larger distances from shore and deeper water depths (>1000 m) preclude traditional transportation methods such as via pipeline or smaller shuttle tankers. In such cases, deepwater CALM buoys connected through fluid transfer systems or OOLs (Oil Offloading Lines) to the FPSOs are increasingly used. These CALM buoys are located typically at a distance of approximately 2 kms from the FPSO.

SBM Atlantia is a world leader in design of deepwater CALM systems. We also offer patented fluid transfer systems (GAP^TM and Trelline^TM). Our depth of experience helps us better understand the challenges of designing such complex systems in which the CALM buoy, the fluid transfer system and FPSO are mechanically and hydrodynamically coupled, with the entire system subject to changing layers of seawater environment.

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  Agbami Buoy

  Installed alongside spread moored FPSO Agbami off West Coast Nigeria in 1370m water depth, this deepwater CALM Buoy was engineered, designed and supplied by SBM…

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