Mero Oil Field

Summary Information

• Operator: Petrobras
• Country: Brazil
• Location:
• Production start: 2022
• Partners: Petrobras – 40%, Shell (20%); Total (20%), CNPC (10%) and CNOOC Limited (10%)
• Type: Oil & Gas
• Estimated Reserves:
• Production Volume:

Description

• The Mero field is approximately 180 kilometres from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is one of the largest offshore oil fields in the world. The field will utilise 4 FPSOs, which are being added in 4 phases.
  • Phase 1: Guanabara MV31 FPSO is capable of processing 180,000 barrels of crude oil, 424 million standard cubic feet of gas and 225,000 barrels of water injection per day, and has storage capacity of 1,400,000 barrels of crude oil.
  • Phase 2: Sepetiba FPSO will also be installed during 2023, capacity of 180 thousand barrels of oil and 12 million cubic meters of gas per day
  • Phase 3: The Marechal Duque de Caxias FPSO
  • Phase 4: A contract has also been awarded for Alexandre de Gusmão FPSO
    • It will be interconnected to 15 wells, 8 of which are oil producers, 6 water and gas injectors, and 1 convertible well from producer to gas injector, through a subsea infrastructure composed of rigid production and injection pipelines and flexible service pipelines.

Contractors

• Mero 1
  • Modec: FPSO
  • TechnipFMC: engineering, procurement, construction of all rigid lines, as well as the installation and pre-commissioning of all the infield riser and flowline system for interconnecting 13 wells (6 production and 7 water alternate gas) to the FPSO. It also includes the installation of rigid pipelines (including corrosion resistant alloy and steel lazy wave risers), flexible risers and flowlines, steel tube umbilicals and other required subsea equipment.
• Mero 2
  • TechnipFMC: engineering, procurement, construction, installation and pre-commissioning of the infield rigid riser and flowlines for production, including the water alternate gas wells. Also the installation and pre-commissioning of service flexible lines and steel tube umbilicals, as well as towing and hook up of the FPSO
• Mero 3
  • Subsea 7: engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of 80 kilometres of rigid risers and flowlines for the steel lazy wave production system, 60 kilometres of flexible service lines, 50 kilometres of umbilicals and associated infrastructure, as well as installation of FPSO mooring lines and hook-up.
  • TechnipFMC: design, engineering, manufacture, and installation of subsea equipment, including manifolds, flexible and rigid pipes, umbilicals, power distribution, as well as life of field services.
• Mero 4
  • SBM Offshore: FPSO
  • Aker solutions: subsea production system consisting of up to 13 vertical subsea trees designed for Brazil's pre-salt, including subsea distribution units, subsea control modules and master control station for control systems and topside, and related tie-in equipment.

History

• 2017 - Contract signed for Guanabara MV31 FPSO
• 2019 - Contracts for Mero 1 awarded
• 2020 - Contracts for Mero 2 awarded
• 2020 - Phase 3 development launched
• 2021 - SBM awarded contract for 4th FPSO
• 2022 - Guanabara MV31 FPSO begins operations
• 2023 - Sepetiba FPSO begins operations

Links

1. Libra Consortium signs contract for FPSO for Mero Field
2. TechnipFMC Awarded a Large EPCI Contract for the Petrobras Mero 1 Pre-Salt Field in Brazil
3. TechnipFMC wins Subsea EPCI for the Libra Consortium’s Mero 2 Project, operated by Petrobras in Brazil
4. Petrobras on the Mero 4 FPSO charter
5. Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore Brazil
6. Aker Solutions to Provide Subsea Production System for Mero 4 Project in Brazil
7. MODEC’s FPSO Guanabara MV31 for Brazilian “pre-salt” achieves First Oil and starts 22-Year Time Charter
8. Brazil: Total Launches Phase 3 On the Giant Mero Field Development
9. Petrobras puts platform vessel into pre-salt production
10. TechnipFMC Awarded Major iEPCI™ Contract by Petrobras for Mero 3 HISEP® Project