Petrobas has moved the hull of P-66, the first of a series of eight sister FPSOs (floating production, storage and offloading units) being constructed to meet oil production demands offshore Brazil.
It is also the first FPSO hull completely built in the country.
The hull was fabricated at the Rio Grande 1 shipyard, located in the city of Rio Grande, state of Rio Grande do Sul, and then moved to the Brasfels shipyard, in Angra dos Reis, Rio De Janeiro, where topsides module will be installed and equipment and systems will be integrated, interconnected and tested.
Keppel FELS in Singapore has fabricated the topside modules.
This kit has a designed production capacity of 150,000 barrels of oil and six million cu.m of gas per day.
P-66 will be deployed in the Lula field, on the Lula South module, in the pre-salt layer or Santos Basin, operated by Petrobas (65%) in partnership with BG E&P Brasil (25%) and Petrogal Brasil (10%).