Petrobras P-52 semi topsides mated to hull

June 15, 2006
Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) reported that its P-52 semisubmersible production platform topsides and hull have been mated at the Keppel Fels Brazil (Brasfels) yard.

Peter Howard Wertheim
OGJ Correspondent

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 15 -- Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) reported that its P-52 semisubmersible production platform topsides and hull have been mated at the Keppel Fels Brazil (Brasfels) yard.

The platform will be installed in deepwater Roncador oil field in the Campos basin off Brazil.

Kepel Felx built the hull in Singapore and moved it to the Brazilian yard, where it built the topsides, in March.

The $895 million unit will remain at Brasfels for several months for completion. It will have production capacities of about 180,000 b/d of oil and 328 MMcfd of natural gas.