P-63 FPSO

Summary Information

• Name: P-63 FPSO
• Field: Papa Terra Oil Field
• Country: Brazil
• Ownership: BW Offshore
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• Field Operated By: Petrobras
• Capacity: 140,000 barrels of oil (bopd) and 35 million cubic metres of gas
• Year of Completion: 2012

+++ Brief Description

• The vessel is 342 metres in length, with a moulded breadth of 57.36 metres and a moulded depth of 28.5 metres. It was converted from a 320 000-dwt ULCC, built in 1983
• P-63 has a daily production capacity of 140,000 barrels of oil (bopd) and 35 million cubic metres of gas.
• The storage capacity by design is 1.4 million barrels and the operating depth is 1,200 metres.

+++ Contractors

• **BW Offshore:** Marine scope of the FPSO conversion, including the hull, offloading systems and mooring equipment
• **Inocean:** Major parts of the hull and topside structural engineering, technical documentation and drawings for class approval during the conversion of ULCC BW Nisa (323,000 dwt) from tanker to FPSO.
• **COSCO:** Construction of P-63 FPSO NISA
• **DPS Global:** Flare Knock Out, Production Separation / PWT
• **Veolia:** A water treatment package to seawater comprising pretreatment and seawater sulphate removal (SRP) systems
• **ABB:** Electrical Systems

+++ Status

• In operation

+++ History

• 2009 - BW Offshore awarded scoping contract
• 2010 - Inocean awarded FPSO contract
• 2012 - P-63 FPSO NISA delivered

+++ Other Information

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+++ Links

1. DPS FPSO References
2. Inocean FPSO References
3. VWS Westgarth FPSO References
4. ABB FPSO References
5. BW Offshore signs contract for Papa Terra FPSO
6. Papa Terra-job to Inocean
7. COSCO Dalian Shipyard delivered P-63 FPSO NISA to Petrobras
8. Veolia Water is awarded the contract for Petrobras P63 project - Brazil
9. Nine platforms that will boost oil production in Brazil