FPSO Carioca is the 13th platform that the Japanese company delivers to the Brazilian oil and gas sector. MODEC currently operates 10 units in Brazil and has another four under construction for Petrobras

The multinational oil company MODEC announced today (27/08) that the FPSO Carioca MV30, deployed for operations in the Sépia field, in the pre-salt region of the Santos Basin, off the coast of Brazil, reached the first oil production on 23 August 2021

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The FPSO is leased under a 21-year lease to Brazilian oil giant Petrobras. Moored approximately 200 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, with a water depth of approximately 2.200 meters, the FPSO is capable of processing 180.000 barrels of crude oil per day, 212 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, 240.000 barrels of of water injection per day and has a storage capacity of 1.400.000 barrels of crude oil.

MODEC was responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction, mobilization and installation of FPSO Carioca

A Japanese MODEC was responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction, mobilization and installation of the FPSO, including topside processing equipment as well as hull and marine systems. SOFEC, Inc., a MODEC group company, designed and supplied the FPSO spread mooring system.

This is the 13th unit that MODEC delivers to the Brazilian oil and gas sector, as well as MODEC's 6th FPSO in the “pre-salt”. MODEC currently operates 10 units in Brazil and has another four (4) under construction for the country.

“We are extremely proud of this achievement, facing the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic,” commented Takeshi Kanamori, president and CEO of MODEC. “We continue to improve our fleet in Brazil, with four more FPSOs to come online in the coming years. We are committed to realizing this large and long-term project, as well as other ongoing projects, cooperating closely with our customers in order to contribute to the sustainability of the energy industry in Brazil.”