Wärtsilä has signed a major contract with the Brazilian industrial group QUIP to supply a total integrated power solution for a new Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. The order includes three main power modules, commissioning, start-up and operational supervision. It will be the first FPSO vessel ever to operate on more than 100 MWe of installed power, produced by gas engines.
The gas-fired power solution will significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 93,000 tons per year compared to conventional technologies with an output of 100 MWe. Furthermore, since the engines can be run on treated well gas as well as various diesel oils, the operating costs can be notably reduced.
Oil Production to Start in 2013
The power modules will be ready for installation in July 2011 and oil production is scheduled to begin in 2013. The vessel will operate on Brazil’s new Papa Terra oilfield, located some 110 kilometres off the coast of Rio de Janeiro in the southern Campos Basin.
Caption: The P-63, a Brazilian FPSO, will be equipped with three main power modules, each of which includes two 50DF tri-fuel engines, alternators and auxiliary equipment
