Floating production

While big projects anchored by large floating production units have traditionally dominated the deep-water picture, a cost-conscious industry is taking a closer look at smaller, standardised solutions for many new projects. Upstream Technology’s Spotlight on Floating Production investigates how operators and suppliers are finding creative solutions to make the economics work in a low oil price market, from new thinking on FPSO designs to improved tie-in techniques, optimised topsides to smarter use of data.