The Business of
FPSOs, Shuttle Tankers and Peter Lovie

2017

• Pennwell’s Topsides Platforms & Hulls conference

  Pennwell’s Topsides Platforms & Hulls conference added an FPSO Track this year. Peter Lovie was lead developer on the FPSO Track, gave the opening presentation on “FPSOs in the US GoM - a 21 Year Saga” and moderated the Closing Panel.s
  

2016

• “Rice Global E&C Forum: Roundtable:”

  Talk based in large part on “2016 and Two FPSOs in US GoM: the Twenty Year Saga”, the presentation covers
  

2015

• “An Independent Look at the Round Hull Concept”

  ACI’s 7th FPSO Conference in November 2015
  

• Chairman’s Address

  Brief opening remarks at ACI’s 7th FPSO Conference in November 2015
  

2013

• "Conclusions and Discussion for Final Report Presentation"

  RPSEA’s Ultra Deepwater Technology Conference, 29-30 October 2013
  

• "Economics, Performance - Four Options for US GoM Offloading"

  Third Annual Emerging FPSO Forum, Galveston, 26 September 2013, 22 slides.
  

2014

• “US GoM FPSOs + Shuttle Tankers: Evolution, Drivers and Outlook”

  FPSO Vessel Conference Presentation, November 2014
  

2013

• "Conclusions and Discussion for Final Report Presentation"

  RPSEA’s Ultra Deepwater Technology Conference, 29-30 October 2013
  

• "Economics, Performance - Four Options for US GoM Offloading"

  Third Annual Emerging FPSO Forum, Galveston, 26 September 2013, 22 slides.
  

2012

• "Impact of Logistics of FPSO Production on Markets"

  Argus Americas Crude Summit - Shifting Import Dynamics, Houston, 25-27 January 2012, 29 slides.
  
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2011

• "At Last, an FPSO in US GoM!"

  Marine Technology Society, Houston, 1 December 2011, 27 Slides.

• "What's Next for FPSOs in US GoM?"

  IBC Energy, 26th Annual FPSO Conference, London, 22-23 November 2011, 27 slides.

• "Tankers V. Pipelines in Ultra Deep GoM"

  International Offshore Pipeline Forum, organized by ASME, Houston, 19 October 2011, 21 slides.

• "Why so Long for an FPSO in US GoM?"

  Emerging FPSO Forum, Galveston, 21-22 September 2011, 18 slides.

2010

• Remarks from Contractor Panel

  12/14/10 - Global Floating Production Systems 2010

• Outlook for FPSO Business Post GoM Spill Disaster

  12/14/10 - Presentation from Global Floating Production Systems 2010

2009

• The First FPSO in GoM - the fourteen year journey:

  12/02/09 - Presentation from Global Floating Production Systems 2009

• Successful Reliability & Safety with DP Vessels in the FPSO World

  09/09 - Presentation from FPSO Congress 2009

• FPSOs and the US Gulf of Mexico:

  09/09 - Presentation from FPSO Congress 2009

• The Lower Tertiary Trend and the Oil Export Economic Prize

  02/09 - Presentation from (DOT) conference

• The Development of Cascade and Chinook Fields in Ultra Deep Waters in the Gulf of Mexico

  01/09 - Cesar Palagi, Presentation at the Society of Petroleum Engineers- Gulf Coast Section

2002

• "Economics, Economics, Economics"

  09/02– Presentation by Rick Meyer of Shell

• Seahorse Shuttling and Technology

  09/02 - Presentation by Conoco Philips

2018

• First Person: Oilfield Success of “Millennials” in the 1970s Might Offer Encouragement Today

  Journal of Petroleum Technology article.
  

2017

• Oil & Gas Journal quotes Peter Lovie

  Oil & Gas Journal quotes Peter Lovie 5 times in an article on Shell’s Stones field development that employs an FPSO in US GoM
  

2016

• “Twenty Year Effort Brings Two FPSO Vessels to US GoM”

  Journal of Petroleum Technology (2-1/2 page report on the presentation at Rice on 10 June)
  

• “Unprecedented Idle FPSOs”

  Maritime Reporter issue of June 2016, pp. 40-42.
  

2015

• “Oil Downturn Gives FPSO Labor Market Pause”

  Maritime Professional, pp. 40-44 -
  

• “Noah’s Ark and the new round hulls of the offshore world”

  Offshore & Marine Technology journal, pp. 10-13 -
  

• FPSO Overruns Present Opportunity for Change

  Offshore Magazine, May 2015
  

2014

• TRLs as a Metric in Gauging Progress on Technology and Commerciality

  10/01/14 - A two part series by Peter Lovie, James Pappas and Tom Williams

2011

• FPSO Tales of the Unexpected

  08/01/11 - Offshore Engineer

• Spec build FPSOs dangerously risk

  02/01/11 - Offshore Engineer

2010

• Lack of FPSOs in US Gulf limits appeal of shuttle tankers in region

  12/17/10 - Lloyds List

• The First FPSO in GoM - the fourteen year journey:

  05/01/10 - SPE's Journal of Petroleum Technology. Part two of two

• The First FPSO in GoM - the fourteen year journey:

  04/01/10 - SPE's Journal of Petroleum Technology. Part one of two

2009

• MMS Deepwater Drilling Activity

  09/09 - U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS)

2006

• Expected use of FPSO in Cascade development

  08/06 - Press release from Devon Energy

• Expected use of FPSO in GOM

  08/06 - Press release from Petrobras

2003

• "Gulf of Mexico"

  10/03 - Oil and Gas Investor

• The Evolving Role of The FPSO

  Spring 2003 - ABS Surveyor Quarterly

2001

• Record of Decision

  12/01 - U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS)

• Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

  01/01 - U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service (MMS)

2016

• Peter Lovie: “FPSOs – a labor of Lovie”

  07/22 - Interview in Upstream Magazine

2014

• Point by Point: The Business of FPSOs

  09/14 - Interview in Offshore Engineer

2009

• Floaters fade from view

  09/09 - Interview in Upstream Magazine

2008

• "The Coming Shootout at the LT Corral"

  12/08 - Journal of Petroleum Technology

2005

• "Industry Faces Ultradeep."

  10/05 - Article from Hart's E&P Magazine

2003

• Video interview on shuttle tankers

  07/03 - Energy Week in Review

• "Innovation Snapshot,"

  Spring 2003 - ABS Surveyor Quarterly

2002

• Video interview on shuttle tankers

  12/02 - Energy News Live