Norwegian offshore EPC contractor Aragon has won a contract to build topside modules for the FPSO Anna Nery, which Malaysia's Yinson is building for Petrobras and which will extract oil from the Marlim field in Brazil.

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The Bergen-based company is part of Singapore's SembMarine. The contract covers the engineering, procurement and construction of 7 modules for gas treatment, gas compression, utilities and flare systems for the FPSO.

Kristian Utkilen, managing director of Aragon stated, “We are pleased to have been selected by Yinson following a rigorous evaluation and tender process which has shown us to be the best candidate for the delivery of these complex process modules, including our manufacturing execution model at China with Jutal Offshore Services.”

It is worth remembering that Petrobras announced at the on October 16, 2019 with Modec and Yinson the construction of the FPSO's for Marlim, in the Campos Basin and which should start operating in 2022-2023.

"Contracts like these to design and deliver complex process modules around the world are essential to Aragon's strategy in FPSO, FLNG and FSRU projects."

Aragon did not provide the financial details of the contract with Yinson.

The FPSO is being converted from the VLCC vessel “Falcon” in China. According to WorldEnergyReports.com, the FPSO conversion works are being carried out at the Cosco Nantong shipyard, while the integration work of the topsides modules will be carried out by Keppel.

According to Petrobras, the FPSO Anna Nery will be installed around 150 kilometers off the Brazilian coast, in a water depth of 930 meters. It will have the capacity to process up to 70.000 bpd of oil and 4 million cbm of natural gas.

The FPSO is expected to have first oil by the first quarter of 2023, where it will remain for 25 years with a $5,4 billion contract. This will be Yinson's first vessel to operate in Brazilian waters. It will have a storage capacity of 1,6 million barrels. It is owned by Yinson (75%) and Sumitomo (25%)