World Floating Production Market Report 2008-2012

June 14, 2008 - PRLog -- World Floating Production Market Report 2008-2012

A major new report
Floating production has proved a cost-effective method of developing both marginal and world-class offshore fields worldwide. In the past five years, 85 floating production units of varying types have been installed. In the next five years, we forecast the installation of over 120 floaters. The World Floating Production Report provides an essential overview of current and future prospects over the 2008- 2012 period.
Future prospects
The World Floating Production Report, by energy business consultants Douglas-Westwood, provides the industry executive with an overview of future prospects within the floating production sector. The World Floating Production Report covers all types of floaters; FPSOs, FPSSs, spars, TLPs, etc. and is unique in providing an essential overview of the FPS business, the technology and a forecast of global markets. It analyses historic and future FPS installations over the period 2003-2012 by region, operator, water depth, and vessel type.
Technology overview
The report looks at the technologies involved in each sector of the floating production industry. The economic rationale for use of floaters and their evolution is explained. The current floating production market is analysed together with factors affecting supply and demand including re-deployment issues and regional disparities. Existing designs of floater and new innovative concepts are described, together with the factors driving innovation in this dynamic market sector.
Market forecasts
The World Floating Production Report uses a specially developed market model to generate forecasts of numbers of floating production systems in each region of the world.Data is shown by region and covers the period to 2012.
A major factor in determining future FPSO expenditure is whether fields will be developed by upgrading and re-deploying existing units, by tanker conversions or by newbuilds. The report provides estimates of levels of future activity and expenditure in each of these categories. The World Floating Production Report provides essential information for decision-makers in oil companies and in the contracting and supply industries, government departments and financial institutions.
The authors
Douglas-Westwood carries out market research, analysis & strategy work for the international energy industries. Analysis has included the world market potential for all the significant sectors of the offshore energy industry.
An acclaimed series
The World Floating Production Report 2008-2012 is the latest in an acclaimed series of business studies used by organisations in 37 countries. These include the oil majors, investment banks, offshore contractors, agencies and departments of governments.
Contents
• Summary & Conclusions - an executive overview of the study. Forecasts of future FPS installations by region and vessel type 2008-2012 and of the associated market value.
• Floating Production Systems - the importance of FPSs for offshore developments; floater types - FPSOs, production barges, FPSSs, TLPs, spars.
• FPS Applications, Drivers & Alternatives - EWT, EPS, life-of-field & hub-and-spoke developments. Alternative development technologies including compliant towers, subsea processing & control buoys.
• FPS Topsides - design factors; topsides equipment and functions - processing, injection & flow assurance, wellhead & drilling, utilities & accommodation; topsides installation.
• Moorings & Risers - mooring systems including spread, semi-taut, tension leg, turret and DP configurations; suction anchors, vertically loaded anchors, synthetic ropes. Riser technologies – top-tensioned, SCRs, flexibles & hybrid systems.
• The Supply of FPS Units - the newbuild, upgrade & redeployment, and conversion options; FPS leasing; construction & conversion problems; the influence of globalization and local content requirements and the impact of speculative construction.
• Floating Storage & Offloading Vessels - rationale, applications and supply options including leasing. Overview of global FSO fleet - historic and future.
• Innovative FPS concepts - drivers for innovation; designs based on FPSOs, FPSSs, TLPs, spars, FPDSOs & other concepts including floating LNG and GTL systems.
• FPS regions - overview of the global FPS fleet 2003- 2007 by region, vessel type, water depth and operator. Profiles of regional activity – Africa, Asia, Australasia, Latin America, North America and Western Europe - and their future prospects.
• FPS case studies - descriptions of FPS-led projects featuring examples of each floater type in the various regions of the world.
• The FPS Market - historic & forecast demand in the FPS market (2003-2012). Vessel numbers & Capex by type and region; leading operators and the deepwater segment.
• Appendices - data set of identified future FPS-based field development prospects 2008-2012; Profiles of 25 leading companies in the FPS sector and profiles on leading leasing contractors.

Detailed Table of Contents
Contents
1 Summary and Conclusions
1.1 Introduction.
1.2 Summary
1.3 Conclusions
2 Floating Production Systems
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Vessels (FPSOs)
2.3 Floating Production Semi-Submersibles (FPSSs)
2.4 Tension Leg Platforms (TLPs)
2.5 Spar Production Units
2.6 Summary
3 FPS Applications, Drivers and Alternatives
3.1 FPS Applications
3.2 FPS Drivers
3.3 Alternatives to Floating Production
4 Topside Facilities
4.1 Factors Impacting on FPS Topsides Design
4.2 Topsides Functions
4.3 Production Processing & Export
4.4 Injection & Flow Assurance Functions
4.5 Wellhead & Drilling Functions
4.6 Utilities & Accommodation
4.7 Topsides Installation

5 Moorings and Risers
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Mooring Systems
5.3 Riser Technologies

6 The Supply of FPS Units
6.1 Introduction
6.2 FPS Newbuilds
6.3 FPS Conversions
6.4 FPS Upgrade & Redeployment
6.5 FPS Speculative Construction
6.6 FPS Construction & Conversion Problems
6.7 FPS Leasing

7 Floating Storage and Offloading Vessels
7.1 Introduction – Why FSOs are used
7.2 FSO Supply Options
7.3 FSO Leasing
7.4 The Global FSO Fleet
8 Innovative Floating Production Concepts
8.1 Introduction – The Drivers for Innovation
8.2 Concrete-hulled FPS Units
8.3 Semi-submersible designs (FPSSs)
8.4 TLP Designs
8.5 Spars
8.6 FPDSOs
8.7 Other Concepts
8.8 Floating LNG & GTL Facilities
9 Global & Regional Overview of the FPS Sector
9.1 Introduction
9.2 The Global FPS Fleet by Region
9.3 The Global FPS Fleet by Vessel Type 2003-2012
9.4 Water Depth Distribution of the Global FPS Fleet 2003-2012
9.5 Major Operators in the FPS Sector 2008-2012
9.6 Africa
9.7 Asia
9.8 Australasia
9.9 Latin America
9.10 North America
9.11 Western Europe

10 FPS Case Studies
10.1 Introduction
10.2 BP’s Greater Plutonio (Africa)
10.3 Petrobras’ Golfinho (Latin America)
10.4 Anadarko’s Constitution (North America)
10.5 Petrobras’ Marlim Sul – P-51 (Latin America)
10.6 Husky’s White Rose (North America)
10.7 BP’s Atlantis Hub (North America)
10.8 Venture Production’s Chestnut (Western Europe)
11 The Floating Production Market 2008-2012
11.1 Introduction
11.2 The Forecasting Process
11.3 Pricing Procedures

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