the FPSO Cidade do Rio de Janeiro stopped its operations with Petrobras in 2018 and Modec has been conducting the decommissioning of the unit since then

MODEC reported that, on February 18, 2020, the FPSO Cidade do Rio de Janeiro MV14 operated by Petrobras in the Campos Basin for more than a decade, was towed and left the Brazilian territorial sea towards its final destination abroad. The FPSO will be recycled and the process will follow the safety and environmental recommendations of the Hong Kong International Convention, which is a multilateral convention for the safe and environmentally correct recycling of ships.

In preparation for this movement, MODEC had been conducting cleaning and repair activities for the FPSO at Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz, in Espírito Santo, since December 2019. MODEC followed all steps of the process defined by the competent bodies.

The decommissioning process was actually already under way when the hull cracked, spilling oil into the sea in the Campo de Espadarte (remember the case here). It was decided by the companies that the FPSO would be towed to the EJA

The FPSO, operated by MODEC by Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) since 2007, ended its production cycle in July 2018.

50 jobs in Petrobras decommissioning operations in Brazil

All 21 units that will be definitively closed in Rio belong to Petrobras or are at the service of the company, according to the Secretary of Economic Development of the State, Lucas Tristão, who foresees that the activity will generate 50 thousand jobs, something important for the State, the largest Brazilian oil producer facing serious economic problems. More details about these operations is can be seen in the complete article by Renato Oliveira.