THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO ANALYZE THE PROCESS OF
CONVERTING A VLCC (VERY LARGE CRUDE CARRIER) OIL TANKER INTO A FPSO (FLOATING PRODUCTION STORAGE AND OFFLOADING).THIS PAPER DESCRIBES THE FUNCTIONALITY AND ALL SYSTEMS FOUND IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS OF FPSOS,IT ALSO RELATES HOW THE CONVERSION TAKES PLACE,DETAILING ALL OF THE CHANGES .IT IS APPLIED AS EXAMPLE THE CONVERSION OF AN OLD VLCC SHIP,OUTLING THE MAIN STRUCTURAL CHANGES AND DETAILING THE CONVERSION,BY APPLYING CALCULATIONS ACCORDING TO ABS(AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING) IN THIS WORK.