Offshore contracting giant TechnipFMC has been awarded work by Petrobras on the Mero 3 project in Brazil’s pre-salt field worth more than $1bn.
The New York-listed firm will provide design, engineering, manufacture, and installation of subsea equipment, including manifolds, flexible and rigid pipes, umbilicals, power distribution, as well as life of field services for the HISEP (high-pressure separation) project which uses subsea processing to capture carbon dioxide-rich dense gases and then inject them into the reservoir.
TechnipFMC said that in partnership with Petrobras, has advanced the qualification of some of the core technologies needed to deliver the HISEP process entirely subsea, several of which are proprietary and will be used in other subsea applications.
HISEP technologies enable moving part of the separation process from the topside platform to the sea floor. In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emission intensity, HISEP technologies are said to increase production capacity by debottlenecking the topside gas processing plant.
These technologies are supported by Petrobras and its partners in the Libra Consortium including Shell, TotalEnergies, CNOOC Petroleum, CNODC and Pré-Sal Petróleo as the Brazilian government’s representative in the non-contracted area.
Luana Duffé, executive vice president, of New Energy at TechnipFMC, commented: “This is an important moment for our company. With the HISEP project, we will again demonstrate how our leadership in subsea processing, technology innovation, and integrated solutions can deliver real and sustainable benefits to our partners.”
