Offshore staff
RIO DE JANEIRO – Two FPSO vessels now under construction for Petrobras are to be built to ABS Class.
The sister FPSOs, currently named P-78 and P-79, will operate at the Búzios field in the presalt Santos basin offshore Brazil. They will be the seventh and eighth FPSOs operating at the giant field.
Keppel Offshore & Marine and Hyundai Heavy Industries are constructing the P-78.
The Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Saipem joint venture is constructing the P-79.
Both vessels, which are due in service in 2025, will have an installed capacity to process 180,000 b/d of oil and 7.2 MMcm/d of gas.
ABS has developed detailed practical guidance to assist offshore operators navigating Brazil’s regulatory environment. Practical Considerations for Regulatory Compliance in Brazil is designed to help floating production installations operating in Brazilian Jurisdictional Waters comply with a series of requirements that are specific and set forth by multiple local agencies.
According to the company, about 70% of the FPSOs in Brazil are ABS Class, including 30 vessels with the capacity to process more than 100,000 b/d.
08/19/2021
