FPSO Cidade de Caraguatatuba MV27 Spread Mooring
Scope of Work
SOFEC designed and procured a spread mooring system for the FPSO Cidade de Caraguatatuba – MV27 which is deployed in the BM-S-9 (Carioca field, Campos Basin) offshore Brazil.
The FPSO is capable of processing 100,000 barrels of oil per day, 5,00,000 Sm3 per day, 120,000 barrels of water injection and has a storage capacity of 1,600,000 barrels of crude oil.
The FPSO is able to accommodate a total of 55 flexible risers and umbilicals.
The SOFEC spread mooring system is ABS classed.
General Description
| Client Name: | Petrobras |
| Contract Award: | September 2013 |
| Installation Date: | December 2016 |
| First Oil: | December 2016 |
| Vessel Size: | 299,150 dwt |
| Storage Capacity: | 1,600,000 bbls |
| Water Depth: | 2,126m (6,973ft) |
Design Environmental Criteria
100-year storm
| Sig. Wave Height: | 11.6m (38.06ft) |
| Wind Velocity: | 31.61m/s (61.43 kts) |
| Current: | 1.67m/s (3.25 kts) |
Riser System
– 7 production risers
– 7 service risers
– 7 production/ gas injection risers
– 7 water injection/ service risers
– 5 hot water lines
– 1 gas import riser
– 17 well control umbilical
– 2 Direct Electric Heating (DEH) umbilicals
– 1 umbilical monitoring
– 1 optical cable