In the afternoon of April 3, CHI (Shanghai),
a subsidiary of COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry, undertook the naming of Yinson
Bergenia Production B.V's VLCC conversion FPSO Maria Quiteria project. Maria Quiteria (VLCC) is the first FPSO
conversion project of repair, life extension, modification, full module
lifting, integration and commissioning undertaken by CHI (Shanghai). The FPSO
is equipped with exhaust gas heat steam power generation system, which adopts
special high-pressure steam pipeline to collect and transmit the waste heat
steam for power generation. It can greatly improves the efficiency of energy
utilization and reduces carbon reduction to meet the demand of offshore
operation supply. It is expected to reduce 120,000 tons of CO2 emission per
year, which is equal to 5,000 acres of 460,000 broad-leaved trees. The FPSO will be chartered by Petrobras, and
is the first ship to undergo ANP inspection in a Chinese shipyard and pass the
project within 5 days. After delivery, it will be directly towed to the
Brazilian oil fields to carry out submarine fixation, pipeline connection and
other oil production preparations, which is the world's shortest record of the
conversion cycle for the same type of FPSO. Maria Quiteria has an L*B*D size of 333.3 m*58
m* 31.25 m, and will be deployed in the Jubarte oil field in the northern part
of the Campos Basin off the southeastern coast of Brazil, with a water depth of
1,400 meters, an oil storage capacity of 1 million barrels, and the ability to
handle 100,000 barrels of oil and 1.77 million cubic feet of natural gas per
day. It is scheduled to start operation in September this year.
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