Critical Technics Of General Design For FPSO

With the development of world economy,the demand of petroleum is increasingly augmented.As the main energy in the word,petroleum is widely used in the world.But the onshore petroleum is drying up and the exploitation is getting more and more difficult,while the petroleum in the ocean is very rich.Now more and more countries begin to take part to explore offshore petroleum.Then importance of offshore oil exploration was become more and more prominent.As part of national strategy,China had making the planning of developing new petroleum equipment.FPSO is one of the most import part in offshore units.We believe that FPSO will be developed by many countries.Based on the background,this paper will study several critical technics of FPSO,including stability analysis,hydrodynamic analysis and global strength.These three items are very important parts in FPSO concept design.And they are also critical elements of the construction cost.This paper will develop the threes items one by one.And these three items will be compared among three typical project.Please see following details:1 According to rules and client requirements,this paper study the contents of stability and stability design procedure.And this paper compared three FPSO to study the impact due to the dimension changes.2 According to rules and client requirements,this paper study the contents of hydrodynamics analysis and hydrodynamics analysis design procedure.And this paper compared three FPSO to study the impact due to the dimension and arrangement changes.3 According to rules and client requirements,this paper study the contents of global strength and global strength procedure.And this paper compared three FPSO to study the impact due to the dimension and arrangement changes.4 This paper compared the difference among the three FPSO about stability,hydrodynamic analysis and global strength each other.And also study the impact between each item due to the change of arrangement and dimension.