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Floating Production Systems
March 2007 Report

I.     CURRENT AND PLANNED FLOATING PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

 

1. Overview of the Floater Business Sector        

Recent Orders, Deliveries and Relocations    

What's Now Being Built         

Trend in Order Backlog          

Current Fabrication and Conversion Activity         

Floaters Planned or Under Study    


2. Details for Floaters in Operation, On Order or Planned       

Inventory of Floating Production Systems     

Inventory of Floating Storage/Offloading Systems     

Production and Storage Systems Installed Over the Past Ten Years    

Floaters Now on Order     

Floating Production Projects Planned or Under Study     

  II.    RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

 

1. Projects in the Planning Stage       

Block 32 (Angola)    

Clov (Angola)     

Block 14 (Angola)    

Etan (Nigeria)    

Egina (Nigeria)    

Bobo (Nigeria)     

Bonga Southwest (Nigeria)     

Obo (Nigeria-San Tome JDZ)    

Browse (Australia)     

GTM Floater (Australia)     

Tupi (Brazil)     

Caxareu (Brazil)     

Kaskida (Gulf of Mexico)     

Tubular Bells (Gulf of Mexico)     

Knotty Head (Gulf of Mexico)     

Perdido South (Gulf of Mexico)     

Stones (Gulf of Mexico)     

Laggan (U.K.)     

Acorn/Beechnut (U.K.)     

Milburn/Selkirk (U.K.)     

Golden Eagle (U.K.)     

Kraken (U.K.)     

Nucula (Norway)     

Port Qasim (Pakistan)     

Hai Su Trang (Vietnam)     

Bumerah (Indonesia)  

Dua/Blackbird (Vietnam)    
 

2. Projects in the Final Design or Bidding Stage       

Block 31 (Angola)    

Usan (Nigeria)     

Pazflor (Angola)    

Okoro (Nigeria)    

Kole (Cameroon)    

BMG (Australia)     

Crux (Australia)     

Ichthys (Australia)    

Jubarte P 57 (Brazil)    

Roncador P 55 (Brazil)    

BS-4 NE (Brazil)    

Opportunity Gas 2 (Brazil)    

Papa Terra (Brazil)    

Deep Panuke (Canada)    

Cascade/Chinook (Gulf of Mexico)    

Gotcha (Gulf of Mexico)    

Snohvit Oil (Norway)    

Wei (China)    

South Pars Oil Layer (Iran)    

Soroosh/Norwuz (Iran)  

Bunga Orkid Pakma (Malaysia)

Malampaya Oil Rim (Philippines)  

Ruby (Vietnam)

Song Doc (Vietnam)

 

3. New Orders       

Olowi FPSO vessel (Gabon)    

Opportunity Oil FPSO vessel (Brazil)     

Opportunity Gas 1 FPSO vessel (Brazil)    

Peregrino FPSO vessel (Brazil)    

Skarv FPSO vessel (Norway)    

Yurri Korchagin FSO vessel (Russia)     

AGR/Helix Spec FPSO vessel (Southeast Asia)     

Gumusut production semi (Malaysia)     

Galoc FPSO vessel (Philippines)     

Su Tu Vang FSO vessel (Vietnam)  

Nortechs Spec 2 FPSO vessel  

PetroProd Spec FPSO vessel 

Sevan 300 speculative FPSO vessel

Sevan 650 speculative FPSO vessel

Oyong production barge (Indonesia)

Dragon FSO vessel (Vietnam)

Yme MOPU/storage unit (Norway)

    

5. Systems On Order       

Montara FPSO vessel (Australia)    

Maari FPSO vessel (New Zealand)     

Helix Producer I FPU (Gulf of Mexico)    

Ettrick FPSO vessel (U.K.)    

Chestnut FPSO vessel (U.K.)    

Gjoa production semi (Norway)    

Thunder Hawk production semi (Gulf of Mexico)    

MA FPSO vessel (India)    

Shelley FPSO vessel (U.K.) 

Pilot FPSO vessel (U.K.) 

Nexus speculative FPSO vessel 

MPF 1000 FDPSO vessel (speculative) 

  

6. Systems Recently Completed       

Espadarte Sul FPSO (Brazil)    

Polvo FPSO vessel (Brazil)     

PRA-1 FSO vessel (Brazil)      

Piranema FPSO vessel (Brazil)      

Independence Gas Hub production semi (Gulf of Mexico) 

KuMaZa FPSO vessel (Mexico)

Dumbarton FPSO vessel (U.K.)

Alvheim FPSO vessel (Norway)

Volve MOPU and FSO vessel (Norway)

Abu FSO vessel (Malaysia)

Sepanjang FSO vessel (Indonesia)

Kikeh FPSO and wellhead spar (Malaysia)     

  

7. Existing Systems       

Okume/Oveng TLPs (Equatorial Guinea)    

Bonny River FPSO vessel (Nigeria)     

Chinguetti FPSO vessel (Mauritania)      

Griffin FPSO vessel (Australia)      

Wanaea/Cossack FPSO vessel (Australia)      

Woollybutt FPSO vessel (Australia)      

Roncador FPSO vessel (Brazil)      

White Rose FPSO vessel (Canada)      

Ursa TLP (Gulf of Mexico)

Front Runner production spar (Gulf of Mexico)

Innovator production semi (Gulf of Mexico) 

Didon FPSO vessel (Tunisia)

Ross/Blake FPSO vessel (U.K.)

Janice production semi (U.K.)

Balmoral production semi (U.K.)

Norne FPSO vessel (Norway)

Crystal Sea FPSO vessel (India)

Panna Mukta FSO vessel (India)

Jasmine FPSO vessel (Thailand)     

  

 

III.     UNDERLYING MARKET DRIVERS

 

1.          Global Oil Demand Growing 1.8 Percent in 2007     

2.          Crude Futures Prices Remain in the mid-$60s     

3.          E&P Spending Expected to Grow 13 Percent This Year    

4.          Drill Rig Demand and Utilization is Very Strong   

5.          Production Floater Orders Continue at a Record Pace          

IV.    FORECAST OF FLOATER REQUIREMENTS

 

1. Summary of the Available Five Year Market       

 

2. FPSO Vessels       

Why FPSOs?    

Five year ordering history     

Outlook for FPSO projects    

Future role of redeployments    

Composition of future FPSO orders    

Projected capex for FPSOs     

      

3. Production Semis       

Why production semis?    

Five year ordering history     

Future production semi requirements    

Potential redeployments of production semis    

Heavy vs. light deckload units    

Production semi capex projection     

  

4. Tension Leg Platforms       

Why TLPs?    

Five year ordering history     

Outlook for TLP contracts    

Composition of future orders    

Projected TLP capex    

 

5. Production Spars       

Why spars?    

Five year ordering history     

Outlook for spar contracts    

Composition of spar orders    

Projected capex for spar contracts    

  

6. Floating Storage Systems       

Five year ordering history    

Future FSO contracts     

Projected FSO capex    

 

V.     COMPANIES AND TECHNOLOGY

 

1.          Conversion Hulls Account for 67% of FPSOs Installed in 2007 or On Order     

2.          Major Field Operators Have Varying Preferences on Choice of New vs. Converted Hulls for FPSOs     

3.          VLCC-size Units Account for Almost 40% of FPSOs Since 1997 --- With Suezmax-Size the Second Leading Choice    

4.          LNG Floating Regas Projects Having Mixed Success in the U.S.   

5.          M&A and Financing Activity Among Floater Operators Continues at a Brisk Pace     

6.          Chinese Builders Gaining Increasing Presence in the Floater Fabrication Sector

7.          Joining Opec Could Slow Future Floater Projects in Angola   

8.          One Less Potential Redeployment