Project Profile
Value: US$60 million
Water depth: 1,000m (Phase 1) - 1,600m (Phase 2)
Yard: Sergipe-Alagoas basin off the coast of Aracaju in the state of Sergipe, Brazil
Storage capacity: 250,000 barrels
Oil production: 25,000 bopd (February, 2013)
Gas compression capacity: 3.6 million cubic metres per day
Diameter: 60 m
Riser Slots: 25
Accommodation: 63 people
Production start-up: October 2007
Contract status: Time Charter, October 2018+ options to 2029 (11years)
The Sevan Piranema is the world\'s first cylinder-shaped FPSO and is based on Sevan\'s patented technology. The cylindrical design provides improved motions, higher stability reserves ae higher deck load capacity than conventional units.
Eksportfinans, the Norwegian Institution for Export Financing, provided US$60 million for the construction of the FPSO, which is installed in a water depth of 1,100m. The FPSO is interconnected to three production wells and three gas injecting wells. The connection of another four wells is also planned.
The hull and accommodation block was constructed in the Yantai CIMC Raffles Shipyard in China and skidded out onto the dry tow vessel Kang Sheng Kou. It was taken in a 35-day tow to the Keppel Verolme Shipyard in Rotterdam for the topsides facilities to be installed on the hull. The contract included receiving, temporary storing, pre-assembling and installation of process skids, pressure vessels, piping and valves. In addition, there was also the fabrication and installation of steel structures and the hook-up of marine systems including cranes and an offloading station.
The Sevan Piranema project received spares and associated equipment from Norwegian exporters Norsafe, Grenland KSI, FMC Technologies, NLI Engineering and Marinetek.
Sevan Piranema arrived on location in June 2007 where it was attached to the mooring system, which was pre-laid by Petrobras.
Teekay Offshore acquired the Sevan Piranema FPSO unit from Sevan Marine for approx. US$165 million.
Charterer:
Petrobras
Contractors:
Grenland KSI: Spares and associated equipment
FMC Technologies: Spares and associated equipment
NLI Engineering: Spares and associated equipment
Marinetek: Spares and associated equipment