FPSO "P-572" delivered

Spanning 311 m long by 56 m wide, or almost three football fields, "P-572 is one of the largest Brazilian FPSOs to be converted from 255,272 dwt tanker, MT "Accord", under a turnkey supply contract between SBM and Petrobras Netherlands B.V for the Jubarte field, offshore Espirito Santo.

After the vessel sailed to Brazil, further work performed at Keppel FELS Brasil SA's BrasFELS yard in Angra dos Reis included the fabrication and integration of topside modules, piping and electrical equipment, as well as commissioning. The project has fulfilled the local content requirement of 68%, and was achieved with an outstanding safety record of about nine million incident-free man-hours to date.

"P-57" will have a production capacity of 180,000 barrels of heavy oil per day (bopd). Its capabilities include compressing 2 million cubic metres of gas per day, processing 300,000 barrels of liquids per day and storing 1,600,000 barrels of oil.