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Petrobras Cidade de Macae MV15 FSO

SOFEC designed, constructed and supplied an external turret mooring system for a 350,000dwt converted FSO vessel to receive, store and offload oil produced by the PRA-1 Platform and nearby Marlim Sul, Roncador and Marlim Leste fields in the Campos Basin, Brazil.

The FSO is installed in 95 meters water depth and designed with the capability of receiving up to 630,000 barrels of oil per day and having a storage capacity of around 2,200,000 barrels.

This unique SOFEC external turret mooring system is ABS classed.

General Description

Location: Mar Sul, Roncador and Marlim Leste Fields, Brazil
Client Name: Petroleo Brasileiro, S.A. (Petrobras)
Contract Award: July 2005
Installation Date:    Planned for 2007
First Oil: Planned for 2007
Vessel Type: Converted FPSO
Vessel Size: 400,000 dwt
Storage Capacity: 2,000,000 bbls
Water Depth: 95m / 311ft
Fabrication: Turret - Malaysia
Vessel - Malaysia
Region: South America

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