• Overview
• Agenda

3 Days - Intensive - Detailed

Attend this course and gain a thorough understanding of:

• FPSO design and technology
• Key regional differences and trends
• Regulatory issues, classification and verification activities
• Contracts and contractual risk management
• Developing a contracting and execution strategy
• Hull structure, design and maintenance
• Design issues for FPSO topsides
• Interface management challenges
• Turrets and swivels
• Riser and mooring systems
• FPSO conversion considerations
• Field installation, operations and preparations for start-up

Who Should Attend?

This course is recommended for all personnel involved with an FPSO project (whether new to the industry or whose areas of responsibility have increased) as well as experienced professionals who want to refresh and update their overall knowledge of the FPSO project process.

• Offshore Installation Managers
• Conceptual Design Engineers
• Development Engineers
• Engineering & Integration Managers
• Naval Architects
• FPSO Project Managers
• Process Engineers
• Operations Managers

The FPSO Training Course has been developed to provide, in just 3 days, the detailed and intensive training essential to fully understand the floating production business of today. Over the course of the three days you will gain a comprehensive insight into FPSO selection, design, installation and operational processes.

The agenda covers the complete spectrum of issues that relate to FPSO projects. This allows technical professionals to gain training in the commercial and contractual aspects, and non-technical personnel to better understand the technical challenges and risk areas associated with FPSO projects.

The course will equip you with the basic tools needed to find answers to these questions and make appropriate decisions to progress future projects. Whether you are a new entrant or diversifying into this area, this course is a must.

Take this unique opportunity to benefit from the extensive knowledge of the Course Director and Lecturers who have a practical understanding and experience of what it takes to plan and implement a successful FPSO project.

Course Director

Duncan Peace is Managing Director of Crondall Energy Consultants Ltd, a company specialising in the commercial and technical aspects of field developments utilising floating production systems technology. Duncan has spent over 25 years working in the upstream oil and gas industry, focusing throughout that time on floating production systems and for the last 10 years has worked almost exclusively on the design and development of FPSOs. Until the end of 2000 he was a Vice President with Norwegian FPSO operator Navion, and latterly, a Director of the Pierce Production Company, the company responsible for operation of the Pierce field FPSO. Prior to joining Navion, he was with Brown & Root for 12 years where he was involved in a number of floater projects and initiatives. Duncan is a naval architect with a Masters degree in offshore engineering, and a Masters degree in business administration. Since starting Crondall Energy in January 2001, he has undertaken a wide range of consulting assignments for clients in the UK, Norway,West Africa, Australasia and South East Asia. Assignments have included supporting operators with FPSO developments from concept definition to first oil, assisting with the creation of suitable FPSO field development and contracting strategies, concept studies, project reviews and providing banks and investors with technical advisory and commercial information in support of various investment evaluations. His current activities include support to major projects in the UK, Norway and Australia.