FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela Enters Brasa Shipyard

Brasa shipyard in Brazil is celebrating the arrival of of FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela.

The SBM Offshore vessel berthed safely at the Niteroi-Rio based Brasa yard on Sunday 12th January 2014. She had arrived in Brazilian waters in time for the New Year following her 10,625 Nm (19,678 Km) voyage from China.

Integration of the bare hull and topsides will commence at Brasa – a joint venture construction shipyard between SBM Offshore and Synergy – where 10 of the vessel’s 18 modules have been built. Three additional modules were constructed and delivered by EBSE, a Rio yard that SBM works closely with as part of its development of solid local content solutions.

Once in operation FPSO Cidade de Ilhabela will be SBM’s largest FPSO with a total of 22,000 tonnes in topsides. She is the company’s second vessel in the Generation 3 model, engineered to the specifications of the pre-salt fields offshore Brazil.

The first is FPSO Cidade de Paraty which achieved first oil in June 2013. The next pair of SBM’s Generation 3 FPSOs under way are FPSOs Cidade de Maricá and Cidade de Saquarema also for offshore Brazil.

BRASA – background

In little more than a year, SBM set up a fabrication yard in Niteroi, just across the bay from downtown Rio, dedicated to the company’s own needs. Undoubtedly the Brasa yard was a significant factor in helping win the Cidade de Maricá 2016 Cidade de Saquarema contract.

Developed in 50:50 partnership with Brazil’s Synergy group, the yard has risen from land in Niteroi that stood empty almost two years ago.

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Press Release, January 14, 2014