【Major Industrial Equipment in the Chemical Industry】Construction begins on the upper module of the 360 – the world’s largest FPSO for deep-water oil fields
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The last edit to this post was made by Desert Fish on June 21, 2022, at 15:36. On June 17, construction began in Qingdao on the upper module of project P79, the eighth FPSO (Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading unit) for Petrobras’ Buzios field – the world’s largest deep-water oil field. It is understood that this is the third time that Offshore Oil Engineering (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. has participated in large-scale deep-water FPSO projects in Brazil, South America; this time it is responsible for the construction and shipment of the upper module, which weighs approximately 22,000 tons.
The P79 FPSO has a total length of 345.3 meters, a beam of 60 meters, and a draft of 34.3 meters; it weighs around 130,000 tons and is one of the largest FPSOs under construction in the world today. Once in operation, this FPSO will have a production capacity of 180,000 barrels of oil and 7.2 million cubic meters of natural gas per day, with a storage capacity of 2 million barrels of crude oil. It will operate at depths of over 2,000 meters and will be connected to 8 production wells and 6 water injection wells. The P79 FPSO will be deployed in 2025 at the Búzios field in Brazil’s Santos Basin, the world’s largest deep-water oil field.
Offshore Oil Engineering (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. is responsible for the construction and shipment of the upper modules, which total about 22,000 tons across 11 modules, as well as tasks such as some detailed design, fabrication design, and material procurement. As the core compressor module package for the entire ship, the project involves the installation of 153 large-scale mechanical devices, with the heaviest device weighing nearly 240 tons – setting a record for the weight of equipment installed in this manner by the company. The project’s technical specifications adhere to Petrobras’ strictest standards, and it presents challenges such as the welding of nickel-based composite materials. It is understood that in 2018 and 2019, CNOOC Offshore Engineering (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. delivered two 350,000-ton class FPSOs for the P67/P70 project to Petrobras of Brazil. The P79 FPSO is another large-scale deep-water FPSO project in Brazil, South America, in which CNOOC Offshore Engineering (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. has taken part following the completion of the P67/P70 projects. It represents the first collaboration with the renowned Italian offshore services company Saipem on a construction project. Next, Offshore Oil Engineering (Qingdao) Co., Ltd. will build on the P79 FPSO upper module construction project to make vigorous efforts in researching and developing key technologies for deep-water equipment, continuously strengthen its capabilities in the independent manufacturing of high-end FPSOs, keep control of equipment manufacturing in its own hands, and help advance China’s offshore engineering equipment manufacturing industry overseas.
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