Floating production, storage & offtake vessel
Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel. A floating installation through which hydrocarbons are produced, processed and exported by pipeline or tanker.
a converted or custom-built ship-shaped floater, employed to process oil and gas and for temporary storage of the oil prior to transhipment.
Floating production, storage and offtake
a vessel, usually a converted oil tanker, that is used to develop an offshore oil field. Oil flows from undersea wells via flowlines to production facilities onboard the FPSO. The oil is then stored in the FPSO until it is offloaded to tanker ships for transportation to a terminal or refinery.
Floating Production Storage and Off-loading
Floating Production, Storage and Offloading - Vessels equipped with processing facilities for separating gas and oil, moored to a single location for an extended period. Oil and gas from offshore wells are transferred to FPSOs through pipes. Once oil has been processed and stored in the hull, shuttle tankers periodically offload it to other locations.
Floating production, storage and offloading facility.
F(P)SO: Floating (Production) Storage Offloading Unit. Ship used as substitute for a conventional oil platform at oil fields that are either to deep in the ground or to small to justify the use of a conventional oil platform. If the ship is an FPSO the ship has oil (or gas) processing capabilities.