"P-56" for Petrobras
15. June 2011
| Editorial staff Ship&Offshore
The consortium of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) and Technip Engenharia S/A is on track to deliver the P-56 Floating Production Unit (FPU) to Petrobras Netherlands BV (PNBV), safely, on time and within budget.
The first FPU completely built in Brazil, "P-56", is one of the world's largest with 110 metres in length and width, and 125 metres in height.
When completed, "P-56" will be capable of processing and treating 170,000 barrels of liquids and 100,000 barrels of 16º API oil, 6 million cum of natural gas, and of injecting some 280,000 barrels of water in the reservoir. "P-56" will be positioned at depths of 1,670 metres off the Marlim Sul field in the Campos basin.
