(offshore-energy.biz) The steel-cutting ceremony for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit destined for a field offshore Brazil operated by the Brazilian subsidiary of the U.K.-headquartered energy giant Shell has been held at the Sumitomo Heavy Industries’ Yokosuka shipyard in Japan.
Based on a social media post by Cristiano Pinto da Costa, President of Shell Brasil, the start of construction of the hull of FPSO Gato do Mato, slated to work at its namesake field, represents the beginning of the execution phase for a project reaffirming Shell’s confidence in the potential of the Brazilian pre-salt.
This is also described as a historic moment, being the first time an FPSO hull of this size will be built in a modular manner in two different countries, China and Japan.
After securing a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the project last year and a multi-year operations and maintenance gig this year, MODEC tapped Sumitomo to work together on the hull of the new unit this April.
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