Keppel’s BrasFELS delivers fifth FPSO project for MODEC

Keppel Offshore & Marine’s (Keppel O&M) wholly owned subsidiary Keppel FELS Brasil’s BrasFELS shipyard in Brazil has delivered the Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes MV29, a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, to MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore), an EPCI arm of MODEC group.

The FPSO recently departed for the Bananal Bay in Brazil and will subsequently be deployed in the Tartaruga Verde and Tartaruga Mestiça Fields, in the Campos Basin, off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

BrasFELS’ workscope for the FPSO Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes MV29 included the fabrication of nine topside production modules, as well as integration works. The FPSO has a production capacity of 150,000 barrels of oil per day and 5 million cubic metres of gas per day, and a storage capacity of 1.6 million barrels of oil.

    “This is BrasFELS’ fifth successful collaboration with our long-standing customer MODEC and we are proud to again deliver to their satisfaction…This is also BrasFELS’ 9th FPSO project for Brazil and it demonstrates our commitment and reliability in supporting the country’s oil and gas industry,” said Mr Kwok Kai Choong, CEO and President of Keppel FELS Brasil.