SBM Offshore signed the financing for the FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão project in the amount of US$ 1.615 billion. The Dutch company’s vessel will be chartered by Petrobras and will operate in the Mero field, Santos Basin pre-salt Rio de Janeiro state. The contract has a duration of 22 and a half years.
The FPSO will be installed around 160 kilometres off the coast of Rio de Janeiro and will have the capacity to produce 180.000 boedand compress 12 million cubic meters of gas per day, starting scheduled for 2025.