Built to last

摘要

HEN THE HELICOPTERS land on the floating rigs off Angola, many miles from the west African country's shoreline, the remoteness of this prolific oil producing region becomes quite clear. The floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels that work in this area, with all their associated subsea infrastructure below, are designed to be self sufficient at least as much as possible. And that means all facilities are built to last, designed to operate in such tough offshore conditions, with maintenance requirements reduced to a minimum, where possible.