Project

TMS Discipline Product Line

QUAD
Technology
204
TURRET MOORING SYSTEMS

QUAD 204 Turret breaks

engineering records

United Kingdom
Turret Delivery 2014
SBM Offshore supplied BP with the QUAD 204 Turret for the Glen Lyon FPSO. The Quad 204 turret is one of the largest
in the world with a mooring force of 2,250 tonnes in the 100-year return environmental conditions. It measures close
to 100m in height and weighs more than 10,000 tonnes. The arrangement of the turret system will allow diverless
installation of anchor lines and risers. The turret is based on SBM Offshore’s proprietary bogie-bearing design and
represents the third in a series of large turret mooring systems for BP.

Quad 204 is a true step-up in state-of-the-art turret technology for two reasons:
• It has the most complex turret manifold ever designed and constructed.
• It is designed against the most challenging environmental conditions from an extreme and fatigue wave loading
consideration.
The level of safety and reliability of the turret design has been raised to the highest level as the Quad 204 Turret Mooring
System is a key element to produce the very large Schiehallion and Loyal Fields for many years to come.

Most challenging environment

& most complex manifold ever built

Key facts
Faclility Name: Glen Lyon
Type: New-build FPSO
Storage Capacity: 1,000,000 bbls
Mooring Type: Internal Turret
Client: BP
Field: QUAD204
Water Depth: 400m
Design: Life 25 years
No. of Riser slots: 28
Total turret height: 94m
Swivel stack units: 14
Swivel stack height: 27m
 QUAD 204 TMS:
At a glance
Manifold:
Gantry
the most complex
ever built

Swivel Stack:
14 swivel units,
about 265t and 27m high

Bogie support
structure

Lower turret

Mooring Lines:
The TMS has been designed to withstand harsh weather conditions,
and is compatible with the existing riser arrangement and new overall
subsea production system layout.

This includes:
• Design requirements for up to 28 riser slots
• Anchor legs grouped into four clusters of five mooring lines each.
• Turret system arrangement allowing diverless installation of anchor
lines and risers– an enhanced safety feature compared to previous
designs.

The sole intention of this Factsheet is to share general information.

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April 2016

Contact Details
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