FPSO Noble Seillean

Career
Name:	FPSO Noble Seillean
Operator:	Noble Corporation
Port of registry:	Liberia Monrovia
Builder:	Harland & Wolff
Laid down:	18 September 1986
Acquired:	4 April 1990
Identification:	DNV ID: 31900[1] Call sign: A8XN2 IMO number: 8413863 MMSI: 636014938
Status:	operational
General characteristics
Class and type:	Lloyd's: 100A1 Oil Processing Tanker DNV: 648 - Oil Production and Storage Unit
Tonnage:	50,928 GT 15,278 NT 56,177 DWT[1]
Length:	249.7 m (819 ft)
Beam:	37 m (121 ft)
Draught:	11.54 m (37.9 ft)
Depth:	19.8 m (65 ft)
Installed power:	3 x MAN diesel engines x 4.2 MW 3 x Ruston gas turbines x 3.3 MW
Speed:	7.3 kn (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph)
Capacity:	processing: 25,000 bbl/d (4,000 m3/d) storage: 310,000 bbl (49,000 m3)
Crew:	85

The FPSO Noble Seillean is a dynamically positioned floating oil production, storage and offloading vessel. The name Seillean means "honeybee" in Gaelic.

History

The vessel was designated as a single well oil production ship (SWOPS) when constructed for BP by Harland and Wolff in 1990. The vessel was designed for the Cyrus oilfield on Block 16/28 in the UK sector of the North Sea. Later she served on the Donan field. Seillean was sold by BP in 1993 to Reading & Bates.^[2] As Brazilian oil company Petrobras took the decision to develop the Roncador field, a four-year charter for Seillean was signed. In 1997-1998, Seillean was upgraded and arrived in Brazil in December 1998.^[3]

After acquisition of Reading & Bates by Transocean, the vessel was acquired by Frontier Drilling in 2002.^[2] She was moved to Jubarte field.^[4] In February 2006, the vessel started to operate in the Petrobras-operated Golfinho Field in the Espirito Santo Basin off Brazil.^[5] In 2007, Seillean was moved to Pipa 2 oil field.^[6]

In June 2010, FPSO Seillean was contracted for the oil collection and processing at the Macondo Prospect to deal with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

With the purchase of Frontier Drilling in 2010, FPSO Seillean was acquired by Noble Corporation. She was renamed Noble Seillean and her flag was changed from Panama to Liberia.^[1]

Description

FPSO Seallean is a dynamically positioned monohull floating production, storage and offloading vessel. She is classed by Lloyd's Register of Shipping as a 100A1 Oil Processing Tanker. Seallean is equipped with a flare, two cargo-handling cranes, a process plant inside the hull, a completion tower, and crew accommodation. The vessel has a displacement of 79,600 tonnes, the capacity to process up to 20,000 barrels per day (3,200 m³/d), and to store up to 306,000 barrels (48,700 m³) of oil.^[3] Ship's length is 249.7 metres (819 ft), breadth is 37 metres (121 ft), and depth is 20.5 metres (67 ft). She could operate at the water depth of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). The vessel is equipped with a helideck of 29 by 27.5 metres (95 by 90 ft).^[7]

Seillean is powered by a hybrid system of three Ruston gas turbine of 3.3 MW each, and three MAN diesel driven generators 4.2 MW each.^[7] These are operated such that when fuel gas is available from production operations, the gas turbine generators generate electrical power. When fuel gas is unavailable, the diesel driven generators provide the power, supplemented by the gas turbine driven generators operating on diesel oil.

Seillean has the following production facilities:

• 26,500 barrels per day (4,210 m³/d) processing plant. Maximum oil production is 25,000 barrels per day (4,000 m³/d) and maximum produced water handling capability is 15,000 barrels per day (2,400 m³/d).
• Storage and transport facilities for 310,000 barrels (49,000 m³) of oil.
• A 6-5/8" riser which can connect to a subsea wellhead.

The crude oil is pumped from the process plant to six cargo oil tanks. During the 1998 upgrade, an offtake reel system was installed which allows to ship discharge of cargo to a dynamically positioned shuttle tanker.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Noble Seillean". Det Norske Veritas. https://exchange.dnv.com/Exchange/Main.aspx?EXTool=Vessel&VesselID=31900. Retrieved 2011-11-20. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Brenner, Noah (2010-06-17). "Hayward says spill 'never should have happened'". Upstream Online (NHST Media Group). http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article218091.ece. Retrieved 2010-06-17. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Roncador, Campos Basin, Brazil". Offshore-Technology. Net Resources International. http://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/roncador/. Retrieved 2010-06-17. 
4. ^ Murillo, Veronica. "Heavy Oil Contributes to Brazil's Energy Self-Sufficiency". Rigzone (Bishop Interactive). http://www.rigzone.com/training/heavyoil/insight.asp?i_id=192. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 
5. ^ "Petrobras Begins Testing Operations of FPSO Seillean at Golfinho Field". Rigzone (Bishop Interactive). 2006-02-17. http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=29540&rss=true. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 
6. ^ "Petrobras Highlights FPSO Usage at OTC". Rigzone (Bishop Interactive). 2007-05-01. http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=44593. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "Seallean, dynamically positioned FPSO. 10 years of deepwater test production in Brazil" (PDF). Frontier Drilling. http://www.frontier-drill.com/Portals/0/Brochure%20Seillean%20nov09.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 

External links

• Seillean website