The Azurite FDPSO is the world's first floating, drilling, production, storage and offloading (FDPSO) vessel.^[4][5]

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History
Name	Azurite FDPSO
Owner	Prosafe FPSO[1]
Operator	Prosafe Production
Port of registry	Panama[1]
Builder	Hyundai Heavy Industries[1]
Yard number	118969[1]
Completed	1988[1]
Identification	IMO number: 8611831 MMSI number: 355247000
General characteristics
Class and type	OI Ship-shaped Drilling Unit Oil Production and Storage Unit POSMOOR BIS
Tonnage	259,999 long tons (291,199 short tons)[2]
Length	322.22 m (1,057 ft 2 in)[3]
Beam	56 m (183 ft 9 in)[2]
Draught	19.667 m (64 ft 6.3 in)[3]
Depth	29.5 m (96 ft 9 in)[2]
Capacity	1.4 Mbbl (220×10^3 m3) (storage) 60 kbbl/d (9.5×10^3 m3/d) (processing)
Crew	80[2]

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The Azurite FDPSO was built at the shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries in 1988 as a very large crude carrier (VLCC). In 1988–1990 her name was Fina Europe, in 1990–1993 Sanco Europe, and in 1993–1997 MT Europe.^[6] She was converted at the Keppel Shipyard from the VLCC to FDPSO between July 2007 and February 2009.^[4][7]

The Azurite FDPSO has storage capacity 1.4 million barrels (220×10^³ m³) of crude oil. Its processing capacity is 60 thousand barrels per day (9.5×10^³ m³/d) of fluid and 40 thousand barrels per day (6.4×10^³ m³/d) of oil.^[7]

Prosafe Production is responsible for the vessel operations and Murphy Oil is responsible for drilling.^[4]

On 10 August 2009, Azurite FDPSO started production at the Azurite offshore oilfield in waters of the Republic of Congo.^[5][8]