Maersk Supply Service will start to collaborate with TechnipFMC, after signing an assignment agreement for the comprehensive towing and mooring campaign of Petrobras’s Búzios 6 Project (seventh module of Búzios), offshore Brazil.
The project will be carried out over almost two years.
Moreover, the scope covers the pre-installation of the mooring system and hook up of the FPSO P-78, which will be the seventh FPSO in the Búzios field, located offshore Santos Basin, Brazil.
The onshore work (including engineering, procurement and project management for such assigned activities) is already underway, and offshore work is expected to utilise two of Maersk Supply Service’s M-class anchor handlers, which will be supported by an additional four AHTS for the station keeping.
“Our approach is to combine our engineering, project management and operational experience with the best-in-class capabilities of our fleet, providing added value to the Brazilian market,” commented Rafael Thome, managing director for Brazil at Maersk Supply Service.
Furthermore, this agreement follows the successful completion of the significant Mero 2 contract for the FPSO Sepetiba, for the pre-installation of the mooring system at over 2,000m water depth. This project also involved the procurement and installation of 24 torpedo anchors, and the subsequent abandon of the polyester mooring lines.
