BP calls in FPSO for Macondo

GULF of MEXICO - Gas from the damaged Deepwater Horizon wellhead is burned by the drillship Discoverer Enterprise May 16, 2010, in a process known as flaring. Gas and oil from the wellhead are being brought to the surface via a tube that was placed inside the damaged pipe. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Kelley.

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By Noah Brenner & Anthea Pitt

 08 June 2010 01:48 GMT

BP will bring in a floating production, storage and offloading vessel to handle flow from oil containment system on the Macondo well in the US Gulf, a spokesman said.



BP spokesman Robert Wine told UpstreamOnline the UK supermajor would increase its oil processing and storage capacity with an FPSO that could then be offloaded with a shuttle tanker.

"We're bringing in an FPSO and shuttle tanker," Wine said in an email response.

The system would replace the Transocean drillship Discoverer Enterprise, which can process 18,000 barrels per day.

For the shuttle tanker, BP has tapped Loch Rannoch, which normally services the Schiehallion development, west of Shetland, but Wine was unsure which FPSO BP planned to use.

Local news reports said Loch Rannoch…

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