JUMBO OFFSHORE PLAYS LEADING ROLE IN INSTALLATION OF FREE-STANDING HYBRID RISERS. BUOYANCY CANS AT CASCADE AND CHINOOK

摘要

For the production risers employed at Petrobras America inc.'s Cascade and Chinook ultra-deepwater fields, Technip USA, EPIC contractor, chose Jumbo Offshore to support transportation and installation of the project's five Free Standing Hybrid Risers (FSHRs) comprised of four 7 inch ID units for liquids production and one 6 inch ID unit for handling natural gas export. The Cascade and Chinook FSHRs are the deepest ever installed, as well as the first in the Gulf of Mexico to be connected to a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. Installation took place during the period August-December 2009.