Petrobrasumemezele ukuthi u-FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias usehambileI-Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd.yard eChina, ngomhla zingama-24 kuFebhuwari 2024.
I-FPSO njengamanje idonselwa ngasenkundleni ye-Mero, e-Pre-Salt Santos Basin, ngasogwini lwase-Brazil.
I-FPSO, eqashwe ngabakwaPetrobras abavelaIqembu le-MISC, izoba yingxenye yesistimu yokukhiqiza eqondile ye-Mero yesi-3 futhi izokwandisa amandla okukhiqiza afakiwe enkambu ibe yimiphongolo kawoyela eyizinkulungwane ezingama-590 ngosuku.
I-FPSO iwuhlelo lwe-1st Oil ngoSepthemba kulo nyaka futhi inamandla okukhiqiza imiphongolo kawoyela efinyelela ezinkulungwaneni eziyi-180 futhi icindezele igesi efinyelela ku-cubic metres eyizigidi eziyi-12, zonke izinsuku.
Le FPSO ihlinzekela ukuxhunywa kwemithombo eyi-15 kuyunithi, abakhiqizi bakawoyela abayisi-8 kanye nezijovo zamanzi negesi eziyi-7, kusetshenziswa ingqalasizinda engaphansi kolwandle eyakhiwe ngamapayipi aqinile angama-80 km okukhiqizwa nokujova okuqinile, amapayipi angu-47 km asebenziseka kalula kanye no-44 km wokulawula. inkaba.
Iphrojekthi ye-Mero iphethwe futhi iqhutshwa yi-Consortium ehlanganisa iPetrobras (38.6%), ngokubambisanaIgobolondoI-Brasil (19.3%),Amandla Aphelele(19.3%),I-CNOOC International(9.65%), CNPC (9.65%) kanyeI-Pré-Sal Petróleo SA (PPSA)(3.5%), njengommeleli weNyunyana endaweni okungeyona eyenkontileka.