Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda (Shell) has let a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) system to MODEC Inc. for the Gato do Mato development in Block S-M-518 of Santos basin presalt, offshore Brazil.
The Gato do Mato FPSO will be moored at a water depth of about 2,000 m, some 250 km off the coast of Brazil. MODEC will be responsible for the design of the hull and all related topsides infrastructure for the FPSO, which is projected to be moored by a SOFEC spread mooring system. Produced stabilized crude will be stored in the FPSO tanks, and oil will be offloaded to shuttle tankers to go to market.
MODEC has previously delivered 16 FPSOs to Brazil and has two more currently under construction. The Gato do Mato FPSO would be the second unit to be delivered directly to Shell by MODEC for operation in Brazil.
Shell is operator at Gato Do Mato (50%) with partners Ecopetrol (30%) and TotalEnergies (20%).
