Standardization of offshore platforms is refocused to reduce costs and accelerate project delivery times. Some components or modules of offshore platforms are tried to be standardized in industry. There are also applications to use a standard platform itself. This paper describes the standardization of FPSO hull with 2MMbbls storage capacity for West Africa. The FPSO hull in West Africa is better to be standardized than ones in other sites, for most of newbuild FPSOs in the world are in West Africa and many of their storage capacities are 2MMbbls. In design procedures, we focus on the selection of design basis and the design of hull configuration, tank arrangement and midship section. As a result, a standard model of FPSO hull is presented. For the standard model of FPSO hull to be competitive in West Africa, it could satisfy the requirements of this region. The past newbuild FPSO projects in West Africa are investigated to premise the design basis such as the environmental conditions, topside weight and module layout, storage capacity, motion criteria, etc.
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