A 100,000-dwt FPSO is destined for China’s Lu Feng 12-3 oilfield and a pair of Petrobras FPSOs will operate in Brazil’s pre-salt Buzios field
A pair of floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels now under construction for Petrobras are to be built to ABS class as is an FPSO ordered by China National Offshore Oil Company Energy and Technology Services Company (Cenertech) to serve the Lu Feng 12-3 oilfield.
The 100,000-dwt FPSO is the centre of a development plan for the field which also comprises a new well head platform (WHP) with a modular drilling rig connected to the FPSO through a 3-km subsea cable and pipeline. ABS has been chosen by Lu Feng 12-3 operator, SK Innovation, as the certifying agency on behalf of China’s Ministry of Emergency Management.
The WHP, now under construction in China Petroleum Offshore Engineering Yard in Qingdao, will be installed in 241-m water depth and will be the second largest ever installed in Asia, with the largest, Lu Feng 15-1, also certified by ABS.
The pair of sister FPSOs, currently named P-78 and P-79 will operate in Brazil’s pre-salt Buzios field in the Santos Basin. Around 70% of FPSOs in Brazil have been classed by ABS, including 30 vessels with capacity to handle more than 100,000 barrels per day.
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