The control of waves in deep water for Total group
The ship FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage, Offload) which drills and stores oil in block 17 of the Dalia Oil Field off the Angolan coast on behalf of Total EGP Angola (www.total.com) will be fitted with a sophisticated control system for sea conditions.
Pressure sensors installed on a Resinex jumper buoy positioned at a 35-meter depth will transmit, by cable, data relating to sea conditions to a Resinex surface buoy which in turn is able to send the same data, in real time, to the control station of the giant French oil company.
The entire system was developed by Id Scope of Monaco (MC) (www.id-scope.mc) technicians, the company specialized in monitoring, together with Resinex R&D department.
The particular planning problems due to the great mooring depth (1,410 metres) were overcome thanks to the use of new simulation programmes which are specifically designed for virtual moorings (jumper) recently developed by Resinex together with Mox of Milan Polythecnic University.
