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To: fireman15

IOW a floating refinery and storage facility?


19 posted on 02/03/2022 10:24:10 AM PST by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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To: Roccus

Not a refinery. A FPSO separates oil, gas, and water from the subsea wells. It reinjects gas and water. It stores the oil for a shuttle tanker to take the oil to a refinery. It is an economic offshore oil production solution in an area where the pipeline infrastructure is not developed.


29 posted on 02/03/2022 11:43:11 AM PST by Cheesehead in Texas
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