Daewoo completes world’s largest FPSO

The

120,000 dwt vessel, measuring 325m long and 61m wide, will be able to process 220,000 barrels of oil, or 4.4 million cubic meters of gas a day, and store up to 1.9 million barrels of crude oil.

The

FPSO, christened as Pazflor will be deployed in August for the Clov project in Angola.

In 2007, Daewoo won a $2.32 billion deal from Total SA of France to build the FPSO. Total is seeking to push ahead with the Clov project in Angola, which calls for the development of a four-field cluster on the northwest sector of the African country’s offshore block 17.

The

Pazflor

FPSO will be the first of its kind to process two very different grades of oil. Nearly 120,000 tonnes of steel were used in the construction of this vessel and the onboard equipment includes gas turbines rated at a record 120MW, enough to supply a city of some 100,000 inhabitants.