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SBMO Glossary Original 2045
SBMO Glossary Original 2045
SBMO Glossary Original 2045
CALM
Our Activities
Normally all offshore systems are designed to withstand the 100 year
storm i.e. the storm that happens once every hundred years at the location
where the system is installed. All locations have different hundred year
storm conditions, with the worst storms being in the North Atlantic and
the northern North Sea. Exceptionally bad storm conditions can occur
in typhoon (hurricane) infested areas, but the storm path is very narrow
(about 50 km).Thus, some of SBMs FPSO mooring systems are designed
to be disconnectable, so that the FPSO can temporarily move out of the
storm path, and the mooring system only requires to be designed for
moderate conditions.
AAV
ALARP
ALP
Atlantia
Bbl
Barrels
Unit of measurement of oil quantities.
1 Barrel = 35 imperial gallons = 159 litres = 42 US gallons.
Bbl/d
Barrels/Day
Unit of production of oil per day (also b/d).
BOP
Brownfield
BTM
CAM
CALM
CAPEX
CAPital Expenditure
Investment in infrastructure. Disbursed prior to OPEX (Operating
Expenditure), which relates to a system or oilfield start up and operation.
CES
Chinese Lantern
Name given to the most common underbuoy hose configuration for CALM
systems. Differs from e.g. Lazy-S or Steep-S configuration.
Christmas Tree
CNG
Condensates
COOL
Crane vessel
Cryogenic
Low temperature processing, generally sub zero. For LNG this can be as
low as -162C.
DCU
Deep water
DeepDraft Semi
See Semi-submersible
Desulphatation
DP
Dynamic Positioning
A station keeping system for floating units which uses thrusters to
compensate wind, wave and current forces in a dynamic controlled mode to
keep the unit on a predetermined location and heading at sea.
Drill ship
DNV
DSV
DSCV
DTU
DWT
Deadweight Tonnage
The total weight of cargo, fuel, fresh water, stores and crew that a ship can
carry when immersed to her load line.
E/P or E&P
ELSBM
EMH
EPCI
FEED
Flaring
Burning off gas, produced in association with oil, which cannot be utilized
for technical or commercial reasons. Flaring of gas is nowadays more and
more restricted by government authorities.
Flash gas
The gas that is separated from the oil flow at the low or medium pressure
separators (2nd stage separation).
Flow Assurance
Flowlines
FPDSO
FLP
FPSO
Fractionation
FourStar
See TLP
FSRU
GAP
Gas lift
To facilitate the flow of live crude from wells, gas is injected at Xmas tree
level or down-hole to lower the back pressure on the wells. The lift gas is
the associated gas from the field, which is treated, compressed and recirculated into the flow system.
GMS
GOM
Gulf of Mexico
Most important offshore area for USA oil and gas production (like the
North Sea in Europe for Western European Countries).
GTL
Gusto
Hawser
Mooring rope between an SPM and the tanker moored to it. Generally
about 50 meters long and 40 mm or more in diameter.
HAZID/HAZOP
Heave compensation system To suppress the movements of a load being lifted, in an offshore
Hydrocarbons
Oil, gas and other chemical components carrying hydrogen and carbon
atoms.
IHC
Imodco
Jacket
Jack-up rig
A mobile unit which can elevate itself well above the sea surface on three
or more legs to become a stable seabed-supported platform.
J-lay tower
A pipe-lay method used in deepwater to allow the pipe to leave the pipelay unit at a vertical departure angle. The tower supports the up-ended
pipes.
Jumper Hose
Lazy-S
LNG
LNG FPSO
LPG
MAG
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SBM designed and patented anchor. The name is made up of the initials
of the surnames of the three engineers who developed the design:
van der Meer, Alhayari and Gramet.
Manifold
MARPOL
MARine POLution
International regulations produced by the International Convention for the
Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as adopted by the International
Conference on Marine Pollution convened by the International Maritime
Organisation, which is the regulatory body in respect of pollution by oil,
noxious substances, harmful substances in packaged forms, sewage and
garbage.
Mid-water pipe
MMSCFD
Moon pool
A vertical cut out (a tunnel about 6x6 m in the centre of a unit through
which riser handling takes place, and drillstrings or diving bells are
lowered etc. The purpose of a moon pool is to have a place on a ship
where motions are minimal in a rough sea.
MOPU
MOPUstor
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MPV
Multi-Purpose Vessel
A dedicated vessel that is able to perform multiple tasks for offshore
installations.
MSC
MSV
Multi-Service Vessel
A dedicated vessel which is able to perform multiple maintenance services
on platforms, floaters, subsea wells, pipelines and risers.
Non-flaring operations
Operations where the produced gas from an oil field is not allowed to be
flared and therefore either has to be exported by pipeline used as a fuel
source or reinjected into the well.
N.V.
Naamloze Vennootschap
Dutch term for Public Limited Liability Corporation (Limited Company) or
French Societe Anonyme (S.A.)
NOC
ODA
OOL
OIM
OPEX
OTEC
Payload
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Pipe-lay barge
PLEM
PPE
ppm
Reservoir
Risers
Steel or flexible pipe which transfer well fluids from the seabed to the
surface.
ROV
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RTM
SALM
SALS
SBS
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SCR
SeaStar
See TLP.
Slug
Soft Yoke
Sour Crude
Semi-submersible
A floating unit, with its deck supported by columns to enable the unit
to become almost transparent for waves and provide favourable motion
behaviour. The unit stays on location using dynamic positioning and/or
is anchored by means of catenary mooring lines terminating in piles or
anchors.
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SQM
Spar
SPM
Spread mooring
STL
STP
Subsea facilities
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Suction pile
The Xmas tree completing the well is located either on a fixed platform
(shallow water) or on a floating platform (deepwater DCU) such as a
SeaStar, Spar, TLD or TLP.
Swivel/Swivel stack
Swivel
Mechanical component consisting of a fixed and a rotating part, connected
by means of a roller bearing and a sealing arrangement, allowing fluids to
pass between the stationary and the weathervaning part of a Single Point
Mooring system.
Swivel Stack
An arrangement of several individual swivels stacked on top of each other
to allow on a weathervaning FPSO the continuous transfer of fluids, gasses,
controls and power between the risers and the process facilities on the
FPSO deck.
SYMO
TLP
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SeaStar
TLP developed by Atlantia, is the state-of-the-art example of a TLP, using
a mono-column structure as opposed to multi-column (typically four). This
TLP can accommodate wet or dry tree developments up to payloads of
11,000 tons for deepwater developments.
FourStar TLP
A four-leg battered-column design will support full deepwater drilling and
production payloads. The design allows for efficient quayside integration
of topsides and hull systems.
TLU
Topsides
See FPSO.
Trelline
Turnkey supply
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Turret Mooring
The turret system is integrated into or attached to the hull of the tanker, in
most cases near the bow, and allows the tanker to weathervane around it
and thereby take up the line of least resistance to the combined forces of
wind, waves and current.
Internal turret
A high pressure oil and gas swivel stack is mounted onto the mooring
system. This swivel stack is the connection between the risers from the
subsea flowlines on the seabed to the piping onboard the vessel. It
allows the flow of oil, gas and water onto the unit to continue without
interruption while the FPSO weathervanes.
For reasons of size and cost, the number of swivels is kept to a minimum,
and therefore the flow of oil and gas has to be manifolded in the turret
area, particularly when the system produces from a large number of wells.
External turret
The turret mooring and high pressure swivel stack are thus the essential
components of an FPSO.
Ultra-deepwater
Umbilicals
Uni-joint
Universal joint
A type of Cardan coupling used to connect two parts (of a mooring
system), allowing them to move over an angle relative to each other in any
direction.
Upstream
VLCC
Weathervaning
Workover rig
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Monaco
24, Avenue de Fontvieille
P.O. Box 199
MC 98007 Monaco Cedex
Tel +377 9205 1500
Fax +377 9205 3222
USA
1255 Enclave Parkway, suite 400
Houston, TX 77077, USA
Telephone +1 281 848 6000
Telefax +1 281 848 6100
The Netherlands
Karel Doormanweg 66
3115 JD Schiedam
The Netherlands
Telephone +31 (0) 10 2320 000
Telefax +31 (0) 10 2320 101
Malaysia
Block E, Lot E
Jalan Stesen Sentral 2
Kuala Lumpur Sentral
50470 KL
Telephone +60 (3) 2773 53 00
Telefax +60 (3) 2773 5399
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June 2012
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