Moving modules for Brazilian oil
On 6 April, Mammoet completed a load-out of the first set of four modules bound for the FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading) P66 vessel. This is the first of eight FPSOs currently under construction to meet the demands of oil production in Brazil. The end client, TUPI BV, is a consortium composed of Petrobras Netherlands BV (PNBV, 65%), the British Gas Group (BG Group, 25%) and Galp Energia S.A. (10%), working on the ongoing development of the Lula Alto field, located in the Santos Basin, Brazil.
The modules range in weight from slightly over 1,000 to 1,425 metric tons. They were built by BJCHI in Sattahip, Thailand and shipped by module carrier to Brazil for integration onto the hull of the FPSO. Another shipment is planned for the beginning of August 2016.
The load-out was the result of close cooperation between BJCHI and Mammoet Thailand. BJCHI provides manufacturing and installation services for its customers’ industrial plants. Building and delivering FPSO modules is a move into new territory for BJCHI, which is venturing into the oil and gas market for the first time. Mammoet managed the total logistics operation including chartering the module carrier MV Mega Trust to ship the modules to Brazil, complete naval engineering, weighing the modules and a load-out at the fabrication yard in Sattahip, Thailand using 60 axle lines of SPMT.