PRA-1 Pumping Platform
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Summary Information
- Name: PRA-1
- Field:
- Country: Brazil
- Ownership: Petrobras
- Website:
- Field Operated By: Petrobras
- Capacity: bpd
- Year of Completion: 2008
Brief Description
- The PRA-1 platform is an oil booster platform gathering production from several deepwater fields and pumping it into a large diameter export line to shore in order to reduce the need for shuttle tankers.
- It recieves oil from the Marlim Leste Oil Field
Contractors
- MODEC: Engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning and operations of the FSO
- SOFEC: External turret mooring system
- Dyna-Mac: One topsides module
- Kavin Engineering: Fuel Gas Skid Package
- Aker: Offloading system
- Heerema Marine Contractors: Transportation and Installation
- SBM Offshore: CALM terminals
Status
- In operation
History
- 2003 - Petrobras announced minimum local content requirements
- 2005 - Modec awarded construction contract
- 2008 - Platform began operations
Other Information
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Links
- Dyna-Mac Topsides Module Business
- Aker FPSO Pusnes Offloading Systems
- Kavin Engineering Oil And Gas Processing References
- Minimum local content for a fixed platform PRA-1
- Petrobras Selects MODEC for the Supply and Operation of an FPSO and FSO, Offshore Brazil
- New Orders For SBM Offshore Chevron Awards Frade FPSO
- HMC awarded contract by Petrobras for PRA-1
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