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provided logistics for FPSO Cidade de

A panorama of topside modules

Vessels construction underway at the Brasa

Ilhabela materials and equipment to shipyard. Photo: Claudio Paschoa.

China and Brazil. The project involved

Blue Water Shipping’s offces worldwide. “The relationship with the yard In the past 18 months, the company han- is developing well and CXG is now dled over 1200 shipments for the project. expanding their capabilities in the pip- The majority was from Europe to the yard ing and the E&I scope of work. SBM is in China, but also many shipments from very happy with the conversion of the the Far East and Europe to Brazil.

Ilhabela vessel,” says John Schubert, In terms of engineering, this project

SBM Offshore Operations Director, who required the complete hull renewal, is based in Schiedam and is responsible including the structural reinforcement for the overall project management of the to receive more than 23,000 tons of

Schiedam FPSO projects. “CXG is now topsides, the spread mooring system, continuing with a similar scope of work including 4x6 polyester mooring lines on our Cidade de Maricá & Cidade de and specially designed chain stoppers was created, with its assets being the Saquarema projects,” Schubert said. and fnally, the complete process facili- shipyard and the Pelicano 1 crane barge, Logistics for the project was daunt- ties on deck, including power generation with equal shares belonging to Synergy ing with equipment suppliers from all of over 110MW, oil and gas treatment, and SBM Offshore.” over the world. Blue Water Shipping, CO2 and H2S removal, water treatment

With the Brasa yard, SNV managed to resolve three major bottlenecks at the same location. “These bottlenecks are: the shipyard construction site, heavy lift crane barge, and integration quay- side,” Levy said. “Therefore allowing us to streamline production, while at the same time eliminating problems to secure suppliers and of attracting quali- fed workforce, by being located within a major city,” Levy said. The fact that

SBM Offshore’s Brasa shipyard can boast almost 100% local content, in terms of workforce, by having the yard in coun- try and by creating thousands of jobs, guaranteed SBM Offshore being well regarded by local and federal government and a preferred partner to Petrobras. This showcases SBM’s successful strategy in building a private yard in Brazil, which, allayed to its established reputation in

FPSO construction and operation, gives the company a signifcant advantage when competing for contracts in Brazil.

The conversion project of a VLCC to a

FPSO capable of producing 150,000 bo/d and with a storage capacity of 1.6MMbbl was done in China. The work included a special mooring system add-on, inport/ outport platform and main deck renewal, reinforced tank, reftted accommodation and engine room reconditioning, along with hull blasting and coatings, which were effected at the CXG yard, also known as Guangzhou Dockyards. The vessel sailed 10,625nm (19,678 km) from

China and arrived in Brazilian waters in

December 2013.

The Brasa yard with topside modules ready to

Cidade de Ilhabela be integrated to the FPSO .

Photo: Brasa Shipyard.

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