Iran: New FSU to Replace Sourena Unit

National Iranian Oil Company reported yesterday that FSU Sourena will moor for repairs when new FSU Khalij-e Fars enters Bahregan zone on  20th March 2012.

Manager of FSU Sourena at Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC)said that for major repairs Sourena’s activities need to be fully halted therefore a new FSO ordered by IOOC to an asian vessel builder in 2008.

Considering repairs are being planned by domestic (Iranian) firms, he added Sourena will be employed thereafter as a substitute for FSU Khalij-e Fars.

Referring to the receiving and offloading of oil at the vessel he mentioned that the crude quality of Soroush and Norouz oilfields in the Persian Gulf waters requires offloading to be done on a floating unit.

He further stated that Sourena is an integral part of Soroush and Norouz production complexes and was converted to storage unit that worked for more than 10 years off the soroush field without major repair.

Sourena has five oil tanks of which the largest tans capacity is 250 thousand barrels and the smallest can store up to 120 thousand barrels of crude. The FSU is able to store crude of each oilfield separately. Besides, it is capable of receiving and offloading crude simultaneously.

Bahregan District is located near Imam Hassan Town, a district of Bushehr province located between Genavah and Deylam seaports (at 40 Kilometers northwest of Genaveh and 28 kilometers from Deylam port). The oil production activities in this district started in mid 1951 after exploration of oil in the Persian Gulf area.

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Offshore Energy Today Staff, January 9, 2012; Image: NIOC