Aliseo will invest BRL 500 million in an offshore logistics base in the port of Açu to support Petrobras' operations in the pre-salt layer; project will generate hundreds of jobs in the largest port-industry complex in Latin America

Aliseo will support loading, handling, transport and storage operations, among others, used by the state-owned company in the pre-salt fields

Hundreds of job openings are coming in São João da Barra! Aliseo, a Brazilian energy, engineering, infrastructure and services company operating in the oil and gas and logistics markets, will invest 500 million reais (US$95 million) in an offshore logistics base in the port of Açu, in the state of Rio of January. Yesterday (20/10) the government of Rio de Janeiro informed.

Initially, the project in the largest port-industry complex in Latin America will focus on storage, handling and loading operations of underwater flexible lines, which connect oil and gas wells to production platforms.

Subsequently, the company intends to meet the demands of offshore wind farms, which should start operating in the next decade.

The venture is scheduled to start operating in the first half of next year and promises to generate around 500 job vacancies.

The flexible loading base of Açu (Baçu) will be installed in an area of ​​160 m², will have the capacity to store more than 500 spools of up to 400 t and will be equipped with four berths for support vessels.

BAÇU occupies more than 160 square meters of area in the Port of Açu, and will be the largest flex-fuel logistics base in the world!

Aliseo will support loading, unloading, moving, controlling, transporting and storing spools, trams and flexible submarine accessories used by the state-owned company in the pre-salt fields.

Renowned oil companies TechnipFMC and NOV also have flexible line bases in Açu, but these are their own units, not available to other suppliers.

“We are not manufacturers, but logistics service providers. So, we want to make an open base for the general market that everyone can use”, said Aliseo's director, Leandro Cariello.

“Other players with projects in the Campos basin will also need a support base to leave the coils deposited, carry out maintenance, disposal and cleaning. Our target is oil and EPC companies, some of which do not have their own base,” said Cariello.

Aliseo Empreendimentos e Participações SA is a Brazilian energy, engineering, infrastructure and services company operating in the logistics and oil and gas markets. Aliseo was born from Consórcio 3T, a consortium created by Transdata and Splenda Offshore to participate in the development of the offshore logistics base in Porto do Açu (“BAÇU”) for Petrobras.

BAÇU occupies more than 160 thousand square meters of area with a privileged position in the northern portion of the area OSX Brazil – Porto do Açu, and will be the largest flexible logistics base in the world.