Equinor-led Raia project advances with topside modules fabrication contract
Equinor Energy AS contractor Offshore Frontier Solutions Pte. Ltd., a Modec Group company, has signed BrasFELS Shipyard, a Seatrium Group company, for work related to the Raia project offshore Brazil.
BrasFELS will undertake portions of the topside modules fabrication of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the project.
The FPSO will be deployed in the presalt area at the southern part of Campos basin, about 200 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
BrasFELS’ scope of work comprises the fabrication of three modules: vapor recovery unit-flare knockout; oil separation and stabilization; and flowline circulation and metering and utility systems. The project will be undertaken by Seatrium’s BrasFELS shipyard in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Work is expected to begin in first-quarter 2024.
When completed, FPSO Raia will have capacity to process 126,000 bo/d and 16 million cu m/day (MMcmd) of natural gas. It will have oil storage capacity of 2 million bbl. Start-up is expected in 2028.
In September, Equinor submitted a declaration of commerciality and plans of development for Raia Manta and Raia Pintada fields in the BM-C-33 concession to Agência Nacional de Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP) (OGJ Online, Sept. 21, 2023). Expected recovery is over 1 billion boe.
Equinor is operator of BM-C-33 with 35% interest. Partners are Repsol Sinopec Brasil (35%) and Petrobras (30%).
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
