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Originally Posted by Amail
rsNINE, I'm curious - what do you know about this project? What makes you think this is any more dangerous than any of the hundreds of FPSO's in place or in production? Do you have some insight into it's mooring design? Is there some fatal flaw in the hull design? Perhaps you take issue with the SCR's or maybe the gas export lines? Or are you just spooked that it's really big?
This looks to me like any other incrementally bigger offshore floating platform. And, I do know a little about them.
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I do not have first hand knowledge of the project but do have two friends who work in the refinery industry. One is an engineer who works in offshore development and the other is a systems manager at a refinery. Getting a chance to hear the engineer talk about the project was interesting from the safety standpoint of packing all those systems together and having enough ability to create fool proof operation of them so a tired worker can not make a catastrophic mistake. Obviously it's impossible to be able to look the project over in any level of detail unless you are inside it but speculation based on current designs is fair at this stage until more in depth info comes to light.
I would be interested in what methods of stability management that are employed during a hull breach event during a class 5 typhoon or a terrorist attack scenario. Personally I believe an approach of a few smaller vessels linked together with articulated / flexible pipe work allowing isolation of certain processes to reduce the exposure to total loss. A collection vessel, a first stage separation vessel and a refining/ transfer vessel. I know this is more complicated and has its own risks but also allows separation and isolation in an emergency scenario. The all eggs in one basket with no padding does not make logical sense to me. I am however fascinated by the engineering necessary to construct the ship which will be quite a feat.