GE nets $500m Petrobras contract
16 Jan 2013
Rio de Janeiro - Petrobras has awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract worth over $500 million to supply turbomachinery equipment and services for deep-water oil production.
The contract will serve the four new floating production, storage and offloading units (FPSOs P-74, P-75, P-76 and P-77) in the Cessão Onerosa region of the Santos Basin pre-salt fields, in the state of São Paulo.
GE Oil & Gas will supply the main turbomachinery equipment to the four new FPSOs. The technology will generate primary energy for the FPSOs using gas turbines and advanced generators, moving gas through pipelines using compressors and re-injecting CO2 and natural gas back to the well to enhance the recovery of the oil.
The scope of supply, which also takes in technology from other GE businesses, includes: 16 powergen turbogenerators composed of PGT25+ gas turbines and electric generators; Eight turbocompression trains driven by LM2500+ gas turbines; and 32 electric motor driven compressors for gas main, export services and CO2 re-injection.
In addition to core equipment, the new contract includes technical assistance for installation and commissioning start-up and extensive services, such as repair, dedicated local field service engineers and customer training. As with previous major Petrobras contracts, significant local components will be involved.
GE said it also will carry out 9,600 man-hours of training to supply the necessary competencies to operate and maintain the equipment.
