FPSO MV30 will be operated by Petrobras in the Sépia field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt and will start producing and generating jobs in 2021

The giants Petrobras and Modec are close to putting another FPSO oil platform into operation in 2021. The MV30 left China (Cosco Dalian shipyard) in November heading to Brazil to operate in the Sépia field, and according to Petrobras the unit will arrive this week at the Brasfels shipyard, a subsidiary of the Keppel group in Brazil that historically assembles modules and topsides for Modec.

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FPSO Carioca will go through the last integration and commissioning activities at the Brasfels shipyard, in Angra dos Reis, before departing for its final destination, the Sépia field, in the Santos Basin.

Baptized “FPSO CARIOCA”, the MV30 was a VLCC vessel from the Belgian Euronave that was sold and converted, optimizing costs and saving time in the construction of the FPSO. The value of the purchase of the vessel was USD 45 million in 2017. From bow to stern, the unit measures 332 meters.

This contract signed by Modec was closed in October 2017 with the Brazilian state-owned company. A very precise alignment was required between the Chinese shipyard Cosco Dalian, which was converting the vessel, and the Brasfels shipyard, which was manufacturing the modules and topsides.

About FPSO Carioca – MV 30

According to Petrobras, the unit is scheduled to start production in mid-2021. When completed, the FPSO “Carioca MV30” will have the capacity to process 180 barrels of crude oil per day (bpd) and 212 million cubic meters of gas per day. The unit's storage capacity is 1,4 million barrels of crude oil.

The FPSO will be deployed in the Sépia field, operated by Petrobras, located in the gigantic pre-salt region of the Santos Basin, around 250 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in a water depth of approximately 2.200 meters.

This is the 13th FPSO / FSO that MODEC will supply in Brazil, as well as MODEC's 6th FPSO in the "pre-salt" after FPSO Cidade de Angra dos Reis MV22, FPSO Cidade de São Paulo MV23, FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba MV24, FPSO Cidade de Itaguaí MV26 and FPSO Cidade de Caraguatatuba MV27 which achieved First Oil Production on December 2016 XNUMX.

Petrobras requests Ibama operating license for the FPSO Carioca, in the Santos Basin pre-salt

In October last year, Petrobras requested the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama), the Operating License for the Sepia Production and Flow Development Project, which will be carried out through the Carioca FPSO.