I-MODEC, Inc. imemezele ukuthi isayine Isivumelwano Sokuthengisa Nokuthenga (SPA) ne-Equinor Brasil Energia Ltd, inkampani ephethwe yi-Equinor ASA, ukuhlinzeka ngomkhumbi we-Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) ukuze ukhiqize iqoqo lensimu ye-Pao. de Acucar, Seat & Gavea in the BM-C-33 block of Campos Basin offshore Brazil.I-FPSO ingenye yezinsiza eziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu emlandweni we-MODEC, ephethe umthamo omkhulu wegesi ethunyelwa kwamanye amazwe ngokugxila kakhulu ekunciphiseni ukukhishwa kwe-GHG.
I-SPA iyinkontileka enezigaba ezimbili zesamba sesamba esihlanganisa kokubili i-Front End Engineering Design (FEED) kanye Nobunjiniyela, Ukuthengwa Kwempahla, Ukwakha Nokufakwa (EPCI) kwayo yonke i-FPSO.Njengoba i-Equinor kanye nozakwethu bamemezela Isinqumo Sokugcina Sokutshalwa Kwezimali (i-FID) ngoMeyi 8,2023 ngemva kokuphothulwa kwe-FEED eyayiqale ngo-Ephreli 2022, i-MODEC manje isinikezwe isigaba 2 senkontileka ye-EPCI ye-FPSO.I-MODEC izophinde ihlinzekele i-Equinor ngomsebenzi kanye nesevisi yokunakekela i-FPSO unyaka wokuqala kusukela ekukhiqizweni kwayo kokuqala kukawoyela, ngemva kwalokho i-Equinor ihlela ukusebenzisa i-FPSO.
Umkhumbi we-FPSO uzosatshalaliswa endaweni, etholakala endaweni enkulu “yangaphambi kosawoti” engxenyeni eseningizimu yeCampos Basin, cishe amakhilomitha angama-200 ukusuka ogwini lwaseRio de Janeiro, futhi umiswe unomphela emanzini acishe abe ngamamitha ayi-2,900. .Uhlelo lokusabalalisa i-mooring luzohlinzekwa inkampani yeqembu le-MODEC, i-SOFEC, Inc. Ozakwethu basensimini be-Equinor yi-Repsol Sinopec Brazil (35%) kanye ne-Petrobras (30%).Ukulethwa kwe-FPSO kulindeleke ngo-2027.
I-MODEC izoba nesibopho sokuklama nokwakhiwa kwe-FPSO, okuhlanganisa imishini yokucubungula ama-topsides kanye nezinhlelo zasolwandle.I-FPSO izoba nezindawo eziphezulu eziklanyelwe ukukhiqiza imiphongolo kawoyela ongahluziwe elinganiselwa ku-125,000 ngosuku futhi ikhiqize futhi ithumele kwamanye amazwe cishe ama-cubic feet ajwayelekile ayizigidi ezingama-565 wegesi ehambisanayo ngosuku.Umthamo wayo omncane wokugcina kawoyela ongahluziwe uzoba imiphongolo engu-2,000,000.
I-FPSO izosebenzisa ukwakhiwa okusha kwe-MODEC, idizayini egcwele yamagobolondo aphindwe kabili, ethuthukisiwe ukuthwala izindawo eziphezulu eziphezulu kanye nomthamo omkhulu wokulondoloza kunamathangi avamile e-VLCC, anempilo ende yokuklama.
Kusetshenziswa lesi sikhala esikhulu esingaphezulu, le FPSO izoba eyesibili i-FPSO efakwe ugesi ngokugcwele efakwe i-Combined Cycle System for Power Generation enciphisa kakhulu ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni uma kuqhathaniswa nezinhlelo ezivamile eziqhutshwa yi-Gas Turbine.
"Sihlonipheke kakhulu futhi siyaziqhenya ngokukhethwa ukuthi sihlinzeke nge-FPSO yephrojekthi ye-BM-C-33," kuphawula u-Takeshi Kanamori, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-MODEC.“Siyaziqhenya ngokufanayo ngokuqiniseka u-Equinor anakho ku-MODEC.Sikholelwa ukuthi lo mklomelo umele ubudlelwano obuqinile bokuthembana phakathi kwethu okwakhelwe phezu kwephrojekthi eqhubekayo ye-Bacalhau FPSO kanye nerekhodi lethu eliqinile endaweni kasawoti wangaphambi kosawoti.Sibheke ngabomvu ukubambisana eduze ne-Equinor kanye nozakwethu ukwenza lo msebenzi ube yimpumelelo.”
I-FPSO izoba ngumkhumbi we-18 we-FPSO/FSO kanye ne-FPSO ye-10 endaweni kasawoti wangaphambi kukasawoti ilethwe yi-MODEC e-Brazil.