SBM Offshore completes topside modules stage on FPSO ALEXANDRE de GUSMÃO

(PN) SBM Offshore has completed a new stage in the construction of FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão, which will be installed in the Mero field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The Dutch company announced this week that the lifting campaign for the vessel’s topside modules was successfully completed. Integration and commissioning activities continue to advance as planned. The FPSO, which is being built in China, is expected to begin operations in Brazil in 2025.

The FPSO will be installed approximately 160 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro and will be chartered by SBM from Petrobras for a period of 22 years and six months. This platform vessel will have a production capacity of 180 thousand barrels of oil per day and compression of 12 million cubic meters of gas per day.

The project includes the interconnection of 15 wells to the FPSO, of which eight will be oil producers, six will be water and gas injectors, and one well will be convertible from a producer to a gas injector. This interconnection will be made through a subsea infrastructure consisting of rigid production and injection pipelines, in addition to flexible service pipelines.

Located in the Libra area, the Mero field is the third largest in the pre-salt layer and is operated by Petrobrás (40%) in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo (20%), TotalEnergies EP Brasil (20%), CNODC Brasil Petróleo e Gás (10%), CNOOC Petroleum Brasil (10%), and Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA), which acts as the contract manager.