INSTALLATION OF THE GIANT 1 MILLION BBL STORAGE TANK OF EKOFISK

Installation of the giant 1 million bbl storage tank of Ekofisk 296 km from the Norwegian coast (Abstract No. 19-51014) by Phillips Petroleum Co. Norway will require towing the tank 480 km, with the final phase to be carried out by four boats of 50,000 hp each and a fifth boat equipped with sonar to direct the operation. The lower deck of the storage facility will have an area of 7100 sq m, and the second deck, 10 m above the first, will have half that area. Sand and sea-water ballast will increase the weight of the 40,000 cu m of concrete from 215,000 tons to 300,000 tons. A central production platform will be connected to the storage tank, production wells, drilling rigs, a pumping platform, and two mooring buoys anchored to the bottom to load tankers. A 34 in. oil pipeline 352 km to England and a 36 in. gas pipeline to Germany at Emden are to be built. The combination of these installations will permit production at a rate of 1 million bbl/day.

• Corporate Authors:

  Compagnie Francais d'Editions

  40 rue du Colisee
  Paris 8e,   France 
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Language

• French

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 11-12
• Serial:
  • Petrole Informations
  • Issue Number: 1277
  • Publisher: Campagnie Francaise d'Editions

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Offshore terminals; Petroleum; Petroleum terminals; Single point moorings
• Old TRIS Terms: Spm conventional
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056541
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM