365 Project, Day 52
Here is my day fifty-two submission to my 365Project:
As we move along our our survey lines we are getting closer and closer to some of these offshore installations. The one on the left, Kuito FPSO, is a Floating Production Storage Off-take vessel, which is used to take on hydrocarbons to process and then transport to an oil tanker or, less commonly, a pipeline.
Fun fact of the day:
Offshore oil production began in the late 1940s. Originally oil platforms sat on the seabed in shallow water and the oil was exported via tanker or pipeline but as exploration moved to deeper waters in the 1970s floating production systems came into use.
Read more about the history of offshore production systems here.
As we move along our our survey lines we are getting closer and closer to some of these offshore installations. The one on the left, Kuito FPSO, is a Floating Production Storage Off-take vessel, which is used to take on hydrocarbons to process and then transport to an oil tanker or, less commonly, a pipeline.
Fun fact of the day:
Offshore oil production began in the late 1940s. Originally oil platforms sat on the seabed in shallow water and the oil was exported via tanker or pipeline but as exploration moved to deeper waters in the 1970s floating production systems came into use.
Read more about the history of offshore production systems here.
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