Enhancing Safety on FPSOs, Practical Considerations for Operations and Maintenance explores best practices for addressing the challenges posed by an ageing global Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) fleet.
This publication is the product of an ABS-led working group consisting of Chevron, Shell Trading (U.S.) Company, Petrobras, MODEC, and SBM as well as The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Registry, and the U.S Coast Guard 8th District.
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The best practices focus on areas such as tank design and arrangement, cleaning and inspection; risk-based inspection of hull structures, composite repair tracking, and carrying out repairs while operating.
