{"id":257041,"date":"2026-05-27T12:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/sbm-offshores-fpso-cooling-technology-gains-abs-approval\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T13:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:30:12","slug":"sbm-offshores-fpso-cooling-technology-gains-abs-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/sbm-offshores-fpso-cooling-technology-gains-abs-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"SBM Offshore&#8217;s FPSO cooling technology gains ABS approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilandgas360.com\/sbm-offshores-fpso-cooling-technology-gains-abs-approval\/\">SBM Offshore&#8217;s FPSO cooling technology gains ABS approval<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilandgas360.com\/sbm-offshores-fpso-cooling-technology-gains-abs-approval\/\">https:\/\/www.oilandgas360.com\/sbm-offshores-fpso-cooling-technology-gains-abs-approval\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-27 12:41:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.oilandgas360.com\">www.oilandgas360.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(World Oil) \u2013 <strong>SBM Offshore<\/strong>\u00a0has received a Statement of Maturity from American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its Seawater Intake Riser technology, a subsea cooling system designed to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions on floating production units.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Developed in collaboration with Shell, the\u00a0<strong>Seawater Intake Riser (SWIR) system<\/strong>\u00a0pumps colder seawater from approximately 700 m below the ocean surface to FPSO topsides for cooling and power-generation applications.<\/p>\n<p>According to SBM Offshore, the technology can improve onboard cooling efficiency, reduce fuel gas consumption and lower greenhouse gas emissions depending on field conditions and process requirements.<\/p>\n<p>ABS evaluated the system through its New Technology Qualification program, which assesses emerging technologies through structured engineering review, testing and validation processes. The Statement of Maturity indicates the technology has progressed to a stage suitable for incorporation into production facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSWIR\u2019s development reflects SBM Offshore\u2019s innovation leadership and its commitment to supporting the emission reduction journey,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Laurent Le Touz\u00e9<\/strong>, technology and product development director at SBM Offshore.<\/p>\n<p>The qualification milestone follows completion of a six-month prototype testing campaign in 2025 witnessed by ABS, Shell and Petrobras.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompleting the prototype validation stage is a testament to the strength of our collaborative relationship with SBM Offshore and our collective dedication to engineering excellence and safety,\u201d said Leile Froufe, vice president of engineering at ABS.<\/p>\n<p>Shell said the technology could contribute to process optimization and lower-emission offshore production systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are optimistic about the promising results achieved by the sea water intake system project,\u201d said Eli Gomes, technology project manager at Shell Brasil.<\/p>\n<p>The project received support through Shell Brasil under Brazil\u2019s National Agency of Petroleum,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilandgas360.com\/sbm-offshores-fpso-cooling-technology-gains-abs-approval\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SBM Offshore&#8217;s FPSO cooling technology gains ABS approval https:\/\/www.oilandgas360.com\/sbm-offshores-fpso-cooling-technology-gains-abs-approval\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-27 12:41:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":257042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.oilandgas360.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/offshore-ships-middle-east.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[66,64,62,78],"class_list":["post-257041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-emerging","tag-energy","tag-innovation","tag-oil"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":257043,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257041\/revisions\/257043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}