ESCRAVOS LPG FSO with IHI SPB Tank System
ESCRAVOS LPG FSO, the first purpose built steel LPG floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) in the world, was completed on October 24, 1996 at Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries' Aichi Works. The vessel is used in Escravos gas project developed by Chervon Nigeria Ltd., which is planned to export the petroleum gas produced from Escravos field off Nigeria. The vessel is permanently moored by an external turret mooring system in Escravos field, and loads LPG through subsea pipeline from
