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workforce and entrepreneurship. such as buoyancy tanks, their acces-

All challenges for Saipem under the sories, and large anchor piles.

motto “defnitivamente aqui” (mean- The CTCO is designed to allow ef- ing “defnitely here”). fcient operations: the material fow has been studied for high standard

Strategic position productivity from incoming recep-

The CTCO is located at the entry tion (raw steel materials arriving of the left bank of the Santos harbor mainly at the service jetty) up to (the frst port in Latin America) and fabricated items load-out from the is only one kilometer from the open main quay.

sea. The facility will be equipped with

Saipem’s choice is important different workshops. One will be not only for the overall oil and gas dedicated to the fabricating double/ potential linked to the nearby Santos quadruple joints (5,400sq m). This pre-salt basin - only 300 km away onshore activity will allow an opti- from the yard facilities - but also for mization of offshore pipelaying by the attractiveness of the state of São reducing the number of welds and

Paulo, which is willing to develop related non-destructive tests (NDT) conditions for the enhancement of performed onboard. Other work- the local economy. shops will be used mainly for the prefabrication of subsea components.

A broad mission

The main workshop, with a covered

The yard layout was conceived to area of 13,100sq m and equipped serve contracts already acquired, as with various overhead cranes, will well as future developments linked be used to manufacture structural to the pre-salt basin exploitation. items from raw steel materials by

The CTCO will provide a wide range means of fame cutting, beveling, of services to support the growth of rolling and welding, Table 1.

the offshore industry. Another workshop will be dedi-

Among them will be marine cated to piping prefabrication with base services, pipe laying support, specifc material segregation systems. double/quadruple joint fabrication In the prefabrication sequence, all complete with coating, spool prefab- items will be sent to the coating/ rication and base services, as well as painting shop in a ft for purpose light fabrication services for subsea area equipped with ventilation and components like pipeline end termi- air fltering systems. Afterward, the nations (PLET), pipeline end mani- items will be sent to the main assem- folds (PLEM), suction piles, jumpers, bly area where they will be handled risers, spools, etc. It will also carry using various cranes (including a out heavy fabrication for components 350ton tower) before the load out.

The CTCO will also include a weld-

Saipem’s fagships, the and FDS FDS2 ing and NDT training center, large offshore Brazil.

offce facili- ties, parking area, and canteen. All operations will be conducted in accordance with Brazilian law and to the most stringent quality, health, safety, envi- ronment, and sustainability procedures.

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