Gene Kliewer,
Technology Editor, Subsea & Seismic

HOUSTON -- Free standing hybrid risers are finding their way in more and more applications in water depths exceeding 6,500 ft (2,000 m), said Jeroen Remery, Cristiano Silva, and Olivier Mesnage of Technip at the Offshore Technology Conference today in Houston.

They gave the advantages of FSHRs including the ability to disconnect from the host platform and to reduce the load applied from the risers to the host. FSHRs also can be installed with smaller equipment. The result is that FSHRs can be cost efficient in the case of projects exceeding current SCR or free-hanging flexible riser capabilities.

05/05/2008