Petrobras – The Mero 3 oil field, belonging to the Libra consortium made up of Shell, Total, CNPC and CNOOC, will gain another FPSO. The vessel is in the final stages of negotiation with the Malaysian company MISC.

The company's offer was for a daily fee of US$700 and beat SBM's offer of US$800. The first FPSO oil is scheduled for 2023, but may be postponed in view of the current crisis in the oil sector caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the world.

The contract must be signed by the beginning of August and will be the first operation contract to be signed by MISC in Brazil. The company belongs to the Petronas group and has a stake in the FPSO Espírito Santo, operated by SBM.

Third FPSO

This Petrobras FPSO will be added to the FPSO Guanabara, which is being converted in Asia by Modec, has its first oil scheduled for 2021 and will be added to the FPSO Sepetiba, which is being built by SBM and which will start operating in 2022.

The Mero 3 FPSO charter contract will run for 21 years and will have the capacity to produce 180 bopd, compress 12 million m³/d of gas and inject 250 m³/d of gas, specifications identical to the other two to be installed in the field.