Electrical installation on FPSO's — basic rules

Floating Production Storage and Off-loading facilities (called FPSO in this paper) have become in a recent past a key-player in the recovery of Oil & Gas from deep sea wells. This paper intends to describe the engineering design drivers specifically applying for the installation of electrical equipment and materials on FPSO's. Most of the rules, which will be developed below, could be extended to installations on an off-shore platform.