North Sea Producer offshore oil production system used in the ConocoPhilips McCullogh oilfield demobilised to Middlesbrough 2015
The MacCulloch subsea production wells were individually tied back to the FPSO using seabed flexible flowlines and risers. This marked Conoco's first use of such a system in British waters. The development is based on the Dagmar Maersk, a former product carrier which was converted and renamed North Sea Producer. During the conversion stage, a turret was inserted into the front tanks and a process deck was installed above the ship's main deck. In addition, processing facilities for 60,000bpd of oil were installed. For enhanced recovery, water-injection facilities with a capacity of 72,000bpd of water and gas lift/export facilities with a capacity of 20-24 million ft³/day were also specified. The North Sea Producer had an oil-storage capacity of 560,000bbl and it can carry out offshore loading, in the event that the pipeline becomes unavailable. The FPSO and all production facilities (including personnel, maintenance and logistical support for the life of the field) are supplied under a production services contract with the North Sea Production Company, a joint venture between Odebrecht-SLP and Maersk. These services are supplied on a per-barrel tariff arrangement, based on production. The vessel was converted in the Odebrecht construction site in Middlesbrough in 1997. It stayed moored offshore in the MacCullogh Field in the North Sea. It is pictured in August 2015 re-delivered to the original construction berth in Middlesbrough
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Location: Middlesbrough Cleveland England UK
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