Stones FPSO Vessel

Like renewable energy, fossil fuels is fun and interesting but much more dangerous and very daunting. Have you ever imagine being on the high seas for weeks and months hunting for imaginary oils your crew found on a 3D screen? This series of The Adventures of A Fossil Fuel miner episode 1 brings to the readers the little accounts of the voyages and oil mining around the world.

To get those crude oil derivatives out of their fossil hiding places is a huge task, here is a 3D graphics showing how the Oil is drilled, sucked and stored in a FPSO Floating production storage and offloading:

3D Illustration of a FPSO courtesy of Shell Nigeria

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Know as one of the World's deepest underwater Oil and Gas project, operates in around 2,900 meters (9514.436 ft) of ocean water in an Ultra-deep area of the US Gulf of Mexico.

This explorations produces oil through sub-sea facilities tied back to a FSPO vessel- image shown above, which is secured using buoyant turret mooring technology.

The dis-connectable buoy-equipped turret enables the vessel to disconnect from the well in the event of adverse weather conditions i.e. massive turbulence or even tsunamis. Here, oil workers can go for months ending without setting their eyes on their families and loved ones.

Painfully, with all the huge risks and stress involved, fossil fuels still poses greater dangers to humans that the few good things we have benefited from it.

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