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Vessel
History
NameAzurite FDPSO
OwnerProsafe FPSO
OperatorProsafe Production
Port of registryPanama
BuilderHyundai Heavy Industries
Yard number118969
Completed1988
Identification
General characteristics
Class and typeOI Ship-shaped Drilling Unit Oil Production and Storage Unit POSMOOR BIS
Tonnage259,999 long tons (291,199 short tons)
Length322.22 m (1,057 ft 2 in)
Beam56 m (183 ft 9 in)
Draught19.667 m (64 ft 6.3 in)
Depth29.5 m (96 ft 9 in)
Capacity1.4 Mbbl (220×10^ m) (storage) 60 kbbl/d (9.5×10^ m/d) (processing)
Crew80

The Azurite FDPSO is the world's first floating, drilling, production, storage and offloading (FDPSO) vessel.

The Azurite FDPSO was built at the shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries in 1988 as a very large crude carrier (VLCC). In 1988–1990 her name was Fina Europe, in 1990–1993 Sanco Europe, and in 1993–1997 MT Europe. She was converted at the Keppel Shipyard from the VLCC to FDPSO between July 2007 and February 2009.

The Azurite FDPSO has storage capacity 1.4 million barrels (220×10^ m) of crude oil. Its processing capacity is 60 thousand barrels per day (9.5×10^ m/d) of fluid and 40 thousand barrels per day (6.4×10^ m/d) of oil.

Prosafe Production is responsible for the vessel operations and Murphy Oil is responsible for drilling.

On 10 August 2009, Azurite FDPSO started production at the Azurite offshore oilfield in waters of the Republic of Congo.

References

Murphy Oil to Release Azurite FDPSO Early (Congo)

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