Cidade De Macae MV15 FSO
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Summary Information
- Name: Cidade De Macae MV15 FSO
- Field: Marlim Leste Oil Field, Marlin Sul Oil Field and Roncador Oil And Gas Field
- Country: Brazil
- Ownership: Modec
- Website: http://www.modec.com/
- Field Operated By: Petrobras
- Capacity: bpd
- Year of Completion
Brief Description
- FSO Cidade de Macaé
- The FSO Cidade de Macae MV15 which has a storage capacity of 2.15 million barrels of oil, is one of the largest FSO units in the world
- The FSO topsides include a crude inlet heater module, crude import/export metering module, E-house and three gas turbine generators sets which make up the power generation module
- The FSO will receive and export production from five platforms offshore Brazil: P-52 (Roncador), P-53 (Marlim Leste), P-51 (Marlim Sul) and P-55 (Roncador) and Roncador Module 4 unit that will be installed in the future.
- The FSO Cidade de Macae MV15 is capable of receiving up to 818,000 barrels of oil per day
Contractors
- Modec: Engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning and operations of the FPSO, including topsides processing equipment, hull and hull systems, riser hang-offs and SOFEC® spread mooring system
Status
- In operation
History
- 2005 - Modec awarded contract to supply the vessel
- 2007 - FSO completed
- 2008 - First oil produced
Other Information
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Links
- Petrobras Selects MODEC for the Supply and Operation of an FPSO and FSO, Offshore Brazil
- MODEC's FSO CIDADE DE MACAE MV15 sets sail for Brazil
- MODEC's FSO Cidade de Macae MV15 Achieves First Oil; Charter Begins
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