FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela departs for Santos basin's Sapinhoá field
FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela departs for Santos basin's Sapinhoá field
RIO DE JANEIRO -- The QGOG/ SBM consortium, hired by Petrobras to build and operate the FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela, departed Guanabara Bay on Sept. 21 for the Sapinhoá field, in the Santos basin pre-salt cluster.
The FPSO has a planned local content rate of 65%, with thirteen of its modules built in Brazil: three at EBSE-Nuclep in Itaguaí, and 10 at the Brasa shipyard in Niterói, where integration and final commissioning took place.
Cidade de Ilhabela will be anchored 310 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, at a water depth of 2,140 m, connected to eight production wells and seven injector wells.
FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela. Image: Petrobras
The vessel will be capable of producing up to 150,000 bopd, compressing up to 6 MMcmgd and storing 1.6 MMbbl of oil. It will also be capable of injecting 180,000 bbl of water per day. The platform is expected to start production in the fourth quarter of this year.
The Sapinhoá area, originally called Guará, is located in exploration block BM-S-9 in the Santos basin pre-salt cluster.
Petrobras is the operator and 45% owner of the consortium that is developing the block, in partnership with BG E&P Brasil Ltda (30%) and Repsol Sinopec Brasil SA (25%).
