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Home›Green Marine›Angola offshore oil pioneers lead tough life
Green Marine

April 6, 2005 · about 21 years ago

Angola offshore oil pioneers lead tough life

Approached by air, French oil giant Total’s Girassol facility 150 km (90 miles) off the Angolan coast looks like a gargantuan child’s construction toy drifting in the cold Atlantic ocean. Visitors touching down on the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO.L: Quote, Profile, Research) vess

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Approached by air, French oil giant Total’s Girassol facility 150 km (90 miles) off the Angolan coast looks like a gargantuan child’s construction toy drifting in the cold Atlantic ocean. Visitors touching down on the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO.L: Quote, Profile, Research) vessel’s helipad enter a space-age craft which holds one important key to Africa’s future oil hopes. Girassol has already been hailed a model development in the deepwater oil industry and a huge step forward in offshore oil platform engineering.

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