Seatrium’s PETROBRAS 78 turnkey FPSO nears delivery to Brazil

This is the first in a series of similar vessels.

Seatrium Limited has conducted a sailaway ceremony for the first turnkey floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) for Brazil’s national oil company Petroleo Brasileiro S.A (Petrobras).

In a statement, Seatrium said PETROBRAS 78 (P-78) will be deployed in Brazil’s prolific Buzios field, the largest deepwater oil field globally. The facility has a production capacity of 180,000 barrels of oil per day, 7.2 million cubic metres of gas per day, and a storage capacity of 2 million barrels of oil.

“This vessel embodies the highest standards of construction and commissioning quality, integrating a wealth of new specifications and hard-earned lessons from the Replicantes and Cessão Onerosa FPSO series. In many ways, the P-78 is the culmination of over 15 years of Petrobras’ legacy in building and operating FPSOs in the Pre-Salt region,” said  Renata Baruzzi, Executive Officer for Engineering, Technology and Innovation, Petrobras.

The P-78 will rank amongst the largest in the global operating fleet of FPSOs.

Upon completion, the P-78 will transit to the Buzios field, where Seatrium will conduct the final phase of offshore commissioning works.

Seatrium has fabricated the topside modules weighing an impressive 54,000 MT across its shipyards in Singapore, China and Brazil, in addition to the integration and commissioning works of the P-78 FPSO in Singapore.