06/11/2008 Energy Current
Brazilian engineering company Nuclep has delivered to the Brasfels shipyard the first three structural blocks for the hull of Petrobras' P-56 oil platform, BNamericas reports.
Nuclep began construction of the blocks in April and is scheduled to deliver a total of 28 blocks with a combined weight of 6.4 tons. The delivery of the final block is due in August 2009, a Nuclep spokesperson told BNamericas.
Norwegian engineering and construction firm Aker Kvaerner will design the hull.
The FSTP consortium, made up of shipyards Keppel Fels and Technip, will build the US$1.2 billion platform. Brasfels is also in charge of some production.The platform will be able to process 100,000 b/d of oil and 6 MMcm/d (211.9 MMcf/d) of natural gas. Commercial operations are due to start in late 2010 in Campos basin's Marlim Sul field.