[Brazil] FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias - Mero 3

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MISC MARKS ITS MAIDEN FORAY INTO MAJOR DEEP-WATER PROJECT IN LATIN AMERICA WITH MERO 3 FPSO

Kuala Lumpur, 17 August 2020, Monday

MISC Berhad (MISC) is pleased to announce its acceptance of Letter of Intent (LOI) from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) for the provision of a floating production storage and offloading facility (Mero 3 FPSO) located offshore Rio de Janeiro in the Libra block, Santos Basin, Brazil and operation and maintenance services during the charter phase of Mero 3 FPSO.

Pursuant to the LOI, the term of the charter is 22.5 years from the date of final acceptance of the Mero 3 FPSO by Petrobras. The Mero 3 FPSO is expected to commence operation in the first half of 2024.

MISC’s President & Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Yee Yang Chien said, “We would like to thank Petrobras for their confidence and trust in MISC for this major deep-water project in one of the main hotspots for FPSO in the world. It has been a two year journey in our march towards securing our first deep-water FPSO project in Brazil. This project is close to the hearts of many, especially the various teams across the Offshore Business division who deserve a thumbs up for all their dedication and commitment in making this day a reality for the Group.

Marked by this achievement, we are ushering in a new era for MISC by undertaking a complex project with a huge investment that will ultimately lay the foundation for future international projects. We are determined to deliver the best to our client for the Mero 3 FPSO project and as a Group, we look forward to contributing to the advancement of the energy sector in Latin America,” added Mr. Yee.

The Mero field is owned by the Libra Consortium. The Libra Consortium is led by Petrobras with a 40% interest in partnership with Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda. (20%), Total E&P do Brasil Ltda. (20%), CNODC Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda. (10%), CNOOC Petroleum Brasil Ltda. (10%) and Empresa Brasileira de Administração de Petróleo e Gás Natural S.A. – Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) (0%, as manager of the production sharing agreement).

Petrobras, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is an international energy company operating on an integrated basis and specialising in the oil, natural gas and energy industry.

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VME Process selected by Siemens Energy to provide a Fuel Gas Treatment Package for the Mero 3 FPSO (Marechal Duque de Caxias) in Mero field offshore Brazil.

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MISC Berhad (Malaysian FPSO operator) awarded Siemens Energy an EPC contract for eight complete topsides modules for the FPSO.

Project background:

Award date: 18-Jan-2021
Project duration: 12 months (Feb-2022)
Project management team: VME Technical Services, Malaysia
Skid fabrication: PTVME, Indonesia

VME’s scope of work and supply for the FG Skid:

Process design, guarantee, fabrication, inspection and testing, DNV certification and supply of equipment
1 x 100% Fuel Gas Scrubber
2 x 100% Fuel Gas Coalescers
1 x 100% Fuel Gas Superheater
Skid size: 8.5m L x 5.5m W x 11m H
Skid weight: ~140T
The package will supply superheated fuel gas to the GTGs, GTCs and other users
The skid will be located on Topsides Gas Dehydration & DCPU Module S20

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Mero-3 delivery for TMC Compressors
8 December 2021 –

TMC Compressors (TMC) has been chosen to supply a large marine compressed air system to the Mero-3 floating, production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) destined for Brazil.

“As this is a large FPSO that operates far from shore, it needs a highly reliable, high-capacity marine compressed air system on board. We are also designing it so that the vessel crew can maintain the system by themselves, thereby reducing the need for offshore travel,” says Hans Petter Tanum, TMC’s director of sales and business development.

TMC’s marine compressed air system for the FPSO will consist of large capacity service and instrument air compressors with associated air dryers and filters. TMC has not disclosed the value of the contract.

Malaysian contractor MISC has entered into an agreement with Petrobras to supply the Mero-3 floater.

TMC will manufacture the marine compressed air system in Europe and delivered to the chosen fabrication yard.

Once completed, the FPSO will be deployed at the Libra block in the pre-salt Santos basin offshore Brazil.

TMC is a global supplier of compressed air systems for marine and offshore use. The company is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

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MISC awards FPSO conversion contract to CIMC Raffles

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Malaysian national shipping group MISC has entered into a contract with Chinese yard CIMC Raffles to convert a VLCC into an FPSO.

Under the agreement, CIMC Raffles will convert the 2005-built 300,500 dwt VLCC Bunga Kasturi Dua into an FPSO and will also be responsible for the construction of FPSO modules.

It is the first FPSO conversion contract CIMC Raffles has secured.

The FPSO will be heading to the Mero oilfield in Brazil after the conversion is completed.

MISC currently has six FPSO tankers in its fleet.

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The Produced Water Treatment (PWT) package consists of a hydrocyclone skid and a compact flotation unit skid (CFU), both skid packages are part of the P40 module for FPSO Mechal Duque de Caxias, Mero 3.

The system is designed to treat produced water collected from the skimmer vessel using NOV’s de-oiling hydrocyclone and advanced compact flotation unit. The treated produced water will meet OIW content of less than 29 mg/L (measured via SM 5520B) in accordance with discharge specifications in the Brazilian administration regulations (CONAMA). The design capacity of the system is up to 19911 m3/day of produced water.

Engineering, procurement, and project management was fully executed from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while construction and skid integration was performed by Morimatsu Heavy Industries in Nantong, China.

Although heavily affected by the COVID outbreak and restriction policy in China, this project was delivered on time with zero punches, NOV said. The package will be the first topside mechanical package delivered for Mero 3, well ahead of the site need date.

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The MISC Group (The Group) today strengthens its position as a progressive maritime conglomerate with the addition of two more assets to its current fleet, FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias, and Eagle Veracruz, its latest LNG dual-fuel Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) via the Group’s petroleum arm.

MISC’s President and Group Chief Executive Officer, Captain Rajalingam Subramaniam said,
“I am proud that we have been able to open 2024 with two significant additions to MISC Group’s fleet – our FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias and Eagle Veracruz, symbolizing our focused and continuous commitment to supporting energy security and transition initiatives responsibly and sustainably globally.

The naming ceremony of Eagle Veracruz, our latest LNG dual-fuel VLCC, showcases our strides in eco-friendly maritime solutions, aligning with IMO’s 2025 EEDI Phase III standards. Currently, 15% of AET’s global petroleum fleet is powered by LNG dual-fuel technology, and growing. Whilst we continue to transition to the next generation of cleaner and near-zero-emission fuel technology, we continue to believe that LNG would still play a key role in the responsible transition.

The AET’s latest LNG dual-fuel VLCC – Eagle Veracruz named on 23 January 2024. Following a March 2021 agreement, Eagle Veracruz is the third vessel delivered to Shell Tankers (Singapore) on long-term charter. Classed by Lloyd’s Register, Eagle Veracruz and its two sister vessels are designed with state-of-the-art technologies, optimised hull forms and propellers, wake improvement ducts and rudder bulbs to further improve vessel’s energy efficiency. Being among the most eco-friendly VLCCs available today, they comply with IMO’s 2025 EEDI Phase III and with a 99% reduction in sulphur oxides, 85% reduction in nitrogen oxides and 95% particulate matter. When fully utilizing LNG as fuel, Eagle Veracruz’s GHG emissions are about 16% lower than a same vessel using only Heavy Fuel Oil.

Simultaneously the Group’s entry into the Brazilian energy market with an HISEP-ready vessel – FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias, not only marks a strategic move into ultra-deepwater operations but also emphasizes our commitment to CO2 processing capabilities.

FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias was named in Yantai, China on 17 January 2024 and will sail away in mid-February to its production location. In alignment with the Group’s commitment to environmental responsibility, the FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias, a HISEP-ready vessel is the Group’s first ultra-deepwater asset, and among the largest of its kind. This includes the integration of advanced technologies for processing CO2-rich production from the pre-salt Santos basin, particularly at the Mero Field. Built with a high production capacity of 180,000 bbls per day and 12 million m3 of gas per day, the FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias is equipped with Water Alternating Gas (WAG) reinjection technology, exemplifies MISC’s strategy in carbon capture. Additionally, it can strip and reinject CO2 from fuel gas production, with a capacity to compress up to 48mmscfd of CO2, emphasizing our commitment to sustainable practices.

In addition to the above, the FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias also celebrated a significant safety milestone, achieving over 28 million Safe Manhours with Zero Lost Time Injury as of December 2023, highlighting the Group’s focus on safety and operational excellence.

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PETALING JAYA: MISC Bhd could potentially register further impairments for its floating, production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) Mero 3 in the near term.

According to AmInvestment Bank (AmInvest) Research, this could be due to the current tight supply chain environment for the FPSO market, which will likely persist and create potential delays in the delivery for MISC, particularly in relation to the 40% local content requirement.

“Although cognisant of management’s commitment to FPSO Mero 3’s delivery by June 2024, six months later than initially set, we remain concerned over potential further delays given constrained supply chain environment for the FPSO industry,” the brokerage explained.

“We understand MISC is still negotiating to waive liquidated damages and penalties due to the six-month delay in delivery of the FPSO,” it added.

Recall, MISC group had booked in provisions and increases in total cost by 10% for FPSO Mero 3 in the financial year ended Dec 31, 2022 (FY22).

On the delivery of FPSO Mero 3, MISC’s management viewed that conversion progress was on track and had reached 90% completion (from 85% as at end-March 2023), AmInvest Research said.

Further to this, the project was likely to continue with full integration and commissioning at CIMC Raffles’ shipyard in Yantai, China, it added.

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Petrobras announced that FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias has left Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Ltd. yard in China, on 24th February 2024.
The FPSO is currently being towed towards Mero field, in the Pre-Salt Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.

The FPSO, chartered by Petrobras from MISC Group, will be part of Mero's 3rd definitive production system and will increase the field's installed production capacity to 590 thousand barrels of oil per day.

The FPSO is schedule for 1st Oil in September this year and has the capacity to produce up to 180 thousand barrels of oil and compress up to 12 million cubic meters of gas, all daily.

This FPSO provides for the interconnection of 15 wells to the unit, 8 oil producers and 7 water and gas injectors, through a subsea infrastructure made up of 80 km of rigid production and injection pipelines, 47 km of flexible service pipelines and 44 km of control umbilicals.

The Mero project is owned and operated by a Consortium comprising Petrobras (38.6%), in partnership with Shell Brasil (19.3%), TotalEnergies (19.3%), CNOOC International (9.65%), CNPC (9.65%) and Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) (3.5%), as the Union's representative in the non-contracted area.

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FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias has arrived in Brazil. The FPSO came from China and will produce in the Mero field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, which is part of the Libra sharing contract, in which Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA)acts as managers.

The FPSO has the capacity to produce up to 180,000 barrels of oil daily and compress up to 12 million cubic meters of gas and will come into operation in the second half of this year.

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Malaysian’s Offshore player, MISC Group has announced the successful achievement of first oil for its FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias on 30 October 2024.

FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias, one of the largest ultra-deepwater FPSOs in the world, is equipped with state-of-the-art technology designed to operate efficiently in the deepwater environment of the pre-salt Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The FPSO is chartered to Brazil’s national oil and gas company, Petrobras on behalf of the Libra Consortium, which develop the Mero unitized field, operated by Petrobras (38.6%) in partnership with Shell Brasil (19.3%), TotalEnergies (19.3%), CNPC (9.65%), CNOOC (9.65%), and Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) (3.5%), representing the Government in the non-contracted area.

MISC Group’s President and Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Zahid Osman, said, “The achievement of first oil for the FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias is a result of the unwavering dedication and expertise of our project and operation teams, along with the effective collaboration with our client and partners. I congratulate everyone involved for their dedication and commitment to achieve this milestone safely. This milestone is a significant achievement for the MISC Group, demonstrating our capability to deliver projects and innovative solutions in a competitive sector. We look forward to continuing this momentum and contributing to a broader global energy landscape and the world’s need for energy security.”

Named in January this year, FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias has a production capacity of 180,000 barrels of oil per day, storage capacity of 1.4 million barrels and total gas handling capacity of 440 mmscfd. It is the first FPSO in the world equipped to receive the cutting-edge High-Pressure Separation (HISEP) technology, an innovative solution that separates CO2-rich gas from production streams and reinjects it back into the reservoir, therefore reducing the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions. The FPSO is also equipped with Water Alternating Gas (WAG) reinjection technology as well as stripping and reinjecting CO2 from fuel gas production, with a capacity to compress up to 48 mmscfd of CO2, further underscoring MISC’s commitment to sustainable practices. [Note : Million standard cubic feet per day (mmscfd)]

Upon completion of its construction phase, the FPSO made its way on 24 February 2024, from Yantai, China to the Mero field in the Santos Basin, approximately 180 kilometres from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After undergoing final hook-up and commissioning, first oil was achieved on 30 October 2024.

Incorporating Advanced Process Automation, the FPSO is engineered to enhance overall process efficiency by monitoring key performance indicators in real-time, ensuring optimal operational performance. Additionally, the FPSO is equipped with Predictive Maintenance Systems, a critical feature aimed at minimising operational downtime by forecasting equipment failures before they occur, thereby extending machinery lifespan and significantly reducing maintenance costs.

In line with our commitment to sustainability, Energy Efficiency Systems have been seamlessly integrated to optimise energy consumption, thereby reducing operational costs and minimising the environmental footprint of the FPSO. Safety is the paramount value in offshore operations and this is achieved through Integrated Safety Systems and a highly trained crew.

Engineered for a remarkable 30-year operational lifespan without the need for dry docking, FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias exemplifies sustainable engineering, leveraging technology to minimise its impact to the environment. This milestone is a testament to MISC’s strategic vision and operational excellence.