FPSO Cidade de Itajaí completes nine years of operation

The FPSO Cidade de Itajaí (CDI), which completes nine years of operation in February, reached the milestone of 1 million m³ of oil produced in Campo de Baúna, in the Santos Basin, since the signing of service and charter contracts with Karoon, in November 2020. The unit operated by the joint venture Altera&Ocyan (a partnership between Ocyan and Altera Infrastructure) has performance indices that reinforce its success.

“Achieving this production is a great pride for us, but more importantly, we have done it with a focus on safety, asset maintenance and meeting the expectations of our new customer. The FPSO Cidade de Itajaí is an important part of our history, not only for its performance and achievements over these nine years, but for being the first vessel to be operated by Altera&Ocyan”, highlights Bárbara Figueira, operations engineer at Cidade de Itajaí.

“The challenges of operating a mature field are great. With a strong focus on asset maintenance and integrity, Karoon in these first 15 months of operation prioritized safety in operations and the integrity of the process plant in partnership with A&O. important milestones for the project, with a significant increase in production due to the well intervention campaign and interconnection of the Patola accumulation” evaluates Silvia Latorre, Karoon’s Operations Manager.

“The FPSO stands out for an exceptional performance in operational uptime (efficiency index) since the beginning of the operation, in 2013. In the last semester, for example, the asset presented an operational uptime of 99%”, recalls Thiago Rinaldi, operations manager of the City of Itajaí.

FPSO Cidade de Itajai

Built at the Jurong shipyard in Singapore, the FPSO Cidade de Itajaí arrived in Brazil on December 29, 2012 and began operating on February 16, 2013. Since then, it has produced more than 18 million m3 of oil, the equivalent of about 116 million barrels.

The vessel is capable of operating in water depths of up to 1,000 meters, has the capacity to produce 80,000 barrels of oil per day and compress 2 million cubic meters of gas per day.

Currently, it has a total of 105 offshore members, including Brazilians and expatriates, and a POB of approximately 70 people.

Cidade de Itajaí is the first production unit operated by Altera&Ocyan, which also has the FPSO Pioneiro de Libra, located in Campo de Mero and operated by Petrobras, in the Libra Block, the largest Brazilian pre-salt reserve.

The FPSO Cidade de Itajaí has ​​a firm contract until 2026. Considering the investments being made by Karoon, with the objective of increasing production, A&O already envisions the possibility of this partnership going beyond 2027.