Landmark: Chevron’s first Subsea development in Brazil and FMC's most complete scope for an overall subsea system ever in Brazil 

Project Overview

• Contract Award: 2006
• Sales: Houston, Texas
• Fabrication: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil & Houston, Texas
• Service Base: Macaé, Brazil
• Host Type: FPSO
• Contract Type: EPC 

Project Characteristics

• No. Trees: 19
• Water Depth: 1,330 m (4,000 ft)
• Tree Type: EHXT with FMC Choke Module 
• Tree Pressure 5,000 psi
• Tree Bore size: 5" x 2"
• Hydrocarbon: Oil

Project Ownership

• Chevron 51.74%
• Sojitz/ Inpex 18.26%
• Petrobras 30% 

Scope of Work

• Nineteen (19) Enhanced Horizontal 5,000 psi subsea trees
• Twenty-two (22) FMC UWD-15 wellhead systems
• Twenty-right (28) Pipeline End Manifolds (PLEM) and sleds
• Foundation Structures
• Twenty (20) Subsea Control Modules
• Forty-nine (49) Steel Flying Leads and integral (VCM)
• Seventy-one (71) Electrical Flying Leads
• Thirty (30) Umbilical Termination Assembly (UTA)
• Nineteen (19) Parking Frames
• Mechanical Jumper Connection (MJC) Systems along with FMC’s 2” TL gas lift ROV connectors
• Topside Control Systems including HPU, MCS, HDP & EDP, Tools and Service
• IWOCS (Open Water and Tubing Hanger Mode)
• Subsea Landing String (SSLS) with shearable joint and retainer valve

Comments

Chevron has teamed with FMC Technologies unique Brazilian local content strengths, knowledge, and experience to provide a complete subsea field development system for the Frade project. The Frade field is located in approximately 1,330 m (4,000 ft) of water, 370 km (230 miles) in the North Campos Basin offshore of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Frade project utilize’s FMC’s globally managed product standards, systems engineering, quality assurance and control, supporting manufacturing, supply, and project management processes. The FMC Macae facility base will support installation and life of field activities.