DNV is providing risk management services to Sevan Marine during the design and construction of a unique FPSO.
The Sevan Stabilized Platform, or SSP, is the innovative, round floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit currently under development. The first unit is scheduled to commence service off the coast of Brazil for Petrobras in mid-2006 with a second unit destined to enter service in the North Sea in 2007.
Compared with traditional ship-shaped FPSO facilities, Sevan Marine ASA, who are developing the concept, claim many advantages, most notably that it will deliver comparable production performance for significantly lower cost.
DNV is working closely with Sevan Marine to ensure that the SSP will be designed, built and maintained to meet internationally recognised safety and quality standards. Additionally, DNV is assisting Sevan Marine implement a world-class hazard management process by which safety, environmental impact and other business risks will be effectively controlled.
The SSP concept combines innovation, simplicity and re-use of existing technologies. It has many features and attributes found on existing oil and gas production facilities, both fixed and floating. Its intended marketplace is worldwide, in all water depths. Being scalable it will have storage capacities and deck size to suit a wide range of production profiles.
DNV is bringing its international experience-base to support Sevan Marine understand worldwide requirements. The goal is to internationalise the concept design and risk management processes thereby minimising rework and maximising knowledge sharing from one unit to the next.