FPSO Guanabara MV31 Spread Mooring
Scope of Work
SOFEC is responsible for the design and procurement of a spread mooring system for the FPSO Guanabara – MV31 which will be deployed at the Mero (formerly Libra) Field in Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.
The FPSO will be capable of processing 180,000 barrels of crude oil per day, 424 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, 225,000 barrels of water injection per day and has a storage capacity of 1,400,000 barrels of crude oil.
The FPSO will be able to accommodate a total of 56 flexible risers and umbilicals. The FPSO is also able to accommodate 18 steel risers instead of the 18 flexible pipes serving the production / gas injection wells.
The SOFEC spread mooring system will be ABS classed.
General Description
| Client Name: | Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) |
| Contract Award: | December 2017 |
| Installation Date: | Planned for 2021 |
| First Oil: | Planned for 2021 |
| Vessel Size: | 282,000 mt |
| Storage Capacity: | 1,400,000 bbls |
| Water Depth: | 1,930m (6,322ft) |
Design Environmental Criteria
100-year storm
| Sig. Wave Height: | 11.6m (38ft) |
| Wind Velocity: | 34.5m/s (67 kts) |
| Current: | 1.84m/s (3.58 kts) |
Riser System
9 Oil Production Risers
9 Gas Lift Risers
3 Water/Gas Injection or Oil Production Risers
3 Water/Gas Injection or Gas Lift Risers
14 Water/Gas Injection Risers
17 Control Umbilical
1 Fiber Optic Cable