FPSO Duque de Caxias Features Our Expertise Onboard
From pre-commissioning and commissioning to regulatory compliance assurance, Forship Group ensures the third Mero unit’s direct deployment to the Santos Basin. The Forship Group’s partnership with MISC Berhad, one of the world’s largest FPSO/FSO owners and operators, is further cemented by another landmark project: the FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias. This unit will enhance the installed production capacity of the Mero field to 590,000 barrels per day when it begins operation in the second half of the year. Since September 2021, Forship Group has been involved in this project, completing the regulatory support services for this FPSO, in addition to pre-commissioning and commissioning. Teams have worked simultaneously in Brazil and China, where the third floating production, storage, and offloading unit for the Mero field’s definitive development, operated by Petrobras in the Libra block, was built. “This project is special for the group because we sought and obtained all necessary certifications and licenses from Brazilian authorities while still in China. This is a significant differentiator, as units typically need to go through additional processes upon arrival in Brazil before being deployed,” highlights Danilo Martins, Regulatory Compliance Coordinator at Forship Group. “This demonstrates our commitment to regulatory compliance and our ability to anticipate and meet all necessary requirements effectively and efficiently, surpassing standard industry practices,” he affirms. According to Martins, the major challenge was the complexity of the work, as it was necessary to meet all requirements of Brazil’s extensive regulations while the unit was being completed abroad. This involved managing teams with cultural differences, instructing foreign teams on Brazilian regulations, and overcoming communication barriers due to the language differences in China. “It was also challenging to ensure strict adherence to all quality and safety standards without compromising the project timeline,” Martins adds. He assesses that the most significant positive impact of the BRC was the optimization of the schedule, eliminating delays, additional costs associated with subsequent certifications, and penalties from regulatory and supervisory agencies. “This further strengthens Forship Group’s reputation as a leader in regulatory compliance and operational efficiency, consolidating our position as a market benchmark and reinforcing clients’ confidence in our ability to deliver comprehensive, high-quality solutions,” he asserts Luciano Gaete, Director of HMSWeb Tecnologia da Informação, adds, “We also had another opportunity to enhance the visibility of our commissioning management software, HMSWeb© (Handover Management System), which was utilized by MISC in this project.” The Forship Group subsidiary provided management services for the pending tasks and preservation of eight modules supplied by Siemens for the FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias. The contract scope included licensing and services for HMSWeb© configuration, training, and support. Chartered by Petrobras, MISC Berhad’s FPSO has a daily production capacity of 180,000 barrels of oil and can compress up to 12 million cubic meters of gas. By 2028, this FPSO is expected to receive Petrobras’s HISEP® technology, which allows for the separation of oil and gas on the ocean floor and pioneering CO2 reinjection. The unit also features other cutting-edge technologies to reduce emissions, including CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage) The Mero field has been in pre-production since 2017 through the FPSO Pioneiro de Libra and currently has two units of the definitive system in operation: FPSO Guanabara and FPSO Sepetiba, both with the same production capacity as the FPSO Duque de Caxias. The Libra Consortium is operated by Petrobras (40%) in partnership with Total (20%), Shell Brasil (20%), CNOOC Limited (10%), and CNPC (10%). Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA) manages the Production Sharing Contract for the Libra block.
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