The shipping platform

Location: Dalia Terminal lies in Block 17, just to the E of the Girassol field, 210km NW of Luanda, off the coast of Angola. General overview: The Deep Offshore Block 17 field is made up of 4 zones, Girassol, Dalia, Pazflor and CLOV. The 300m FPSO handles fairly heavy, semi-sweet, acidic crude and methanol. The loading of crude is via nearby SBM using 2 x 16in hoses or in tandem with the FPSO for loading methanol (1 x 6in hose) or as a back up crude loading system. It can treat 240,000bbls of oil daily and has storage capacity for 2,000,000bbls. Load line zone: Tropical. Max size: SBM/Tandem: No draught restrictions, max displacement 400,000t.