Glen Lyon (ship)
The Glen Lyon is a 100,000 tonne 880 ft long floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO). The ship was built in South Korea and is anchored to the seabed at the Schiehallion and Loyal oil fields in the North Sea in waters 1,300ft deep.[1][2]
It is said by BP to be the largest "harsh water" FPSO ship in the world.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Emily Gosden. "BP strikes old oil in boost for North Sea". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "First oil after £4.4 billion North Sea field revamp". Thecourier.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ Keane, Kevin (11 May 2016). "Biggest harsh water oil ship Glen Lyon prepares to sail". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
External links
[edit]- "New Glen Lyon FPSO sets sail for west of Shetland | Press releases and latest news | Media | United Kingdom". Bp.com. 2016-10-17. Retrieved 2017-05-26.