Floating production storage and offloading

A Floating Production Storage and Offloading Unit ( FPSO ) ( German: production and storage unit ) is a ship that is used in offshore extraction by means of one or more drilling platforms to promote, storage and loading of oil and gas.

As a former tankers and FPSOs purpose built new designs are used which absorb and store for later for shipment or the delivery rates of the platforms by subsea pipeline transport - pump away for further transport by pipeline again - in rare cases.

In the offshore operating FPSOs are therefore usually employed because through it eliminates the need to build a complex and expensive pipeline infrastructure at the place of production.

Examples of still active units in the Atlantic are the for Husky Energy and Petro-Canada Newfoundland working SeaRose FPSO and (2010) as the world's largest, the Kizomba A, built by Hyundai for ExxonMobil, 320 kilometers from Angola, which has a capacity of 2.2 million barrels or 350,000 m³ has.

FSO and FSU

As a Floating Storage and Offloading vessel ( FSO ) vessels are called to serve as a storage and transfer stations. The largest and longest tanker in the world, the Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis was named as FSO. FSO Asia and FSO Africa are sister ships currently the largest ships in the world ( 2013). Your capacity exceeds the FPSO by far.

Ships that are used for storage only, such as the Belokamenka in Kolabucht are referred to as Floating Storage Unit ( FSU).