OREANDA-NEWS. The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, and our CEO, Maria das Gracas Silva Foster, visited the Inhauma shipyard, in Rio de Janeiro, on Wednesday (Sept. 11). In addition to inspecting the conversion works for the P-74, the first platform that is scheduled to go to the transfer of rights area, and the revitalization of the site, the president watched the live broadcast of the commencement of the assisted operation of the Ilha Comprida Terminal , at the Guanabara Bay.

Waterway Terminal

Together with the Ilha Redonda Waterway Terminal enhancement works and the pipeline interconnection with the Duque de Caxias Refinery (Reduc), the Ilha Comprida Terminal will enable the storage and outflow of 4,080 tonnes of LPG per day on vessels. The Ilha Comprida Waterway Terminal will handle and store liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).

From the natural gas exploited in the Campos Basin, LPG is produced in natural gas processing plants located at the Cabiunas Terminal, in Macae, and at Reduc. From the refinery, the product is shipped by means of two 17-km long pipelines to the storage spheres at the Ilha Redonda and Ilha Comprida terminals. At the terminals, the gas is cooled and transferred to vessels, which supply LPG to other Brazilian regions.

The works, which are part of the Natural Gas Production Anticipation Plan (Plangas) and of the Growth Acceleration Program (PAC), had 99.3% local content, and employed 2,380 workers during construction.

The Ilha Comprida Terminal has a storage capacity of 24,800 tonnes (two 10,000-tonne tanks and three 1,600-tonne spheres).

Revitalization of the Inhauma shipyard

The conversion of the VLCC-type (Very Large Crude Carrier) tanker to the P-74 FPSO (a floating unit that produces, stores, and offloads oil and gas) is the first major work in progress at the Inhauma shipyard since its resumption and represents the beginning of a new era. As was the case of the P-74, conversion works for three more platforms to be used at the transfer of rights fields, in Santos Basin pre-salt region, will be carried out at Inhauma: P-75, P-76, and P-77. Each platform will be capable of producing up to 150,000 barrels of oil and of compressing 7 million cubic meters of gas per day.

The conversion activities for the P-74 hull include plate inspection, the full replacement of the original equipment, and the manufacturing and installation of 13 tonnes of new structures that are required to install the modules, production lines, and the new anchoring system, among others.

The Inhauma revitalization and P-74 hull conversion works have created about 6,000 jobs. The works are expected to be completed in December 2013 and August 2014, respectively.

After the hull conversion stage has been completed, the oil and gas production and processing plant module installation and system integration stage will get underway. Such services will be performed for the P-74 in Sao Jose do Norte (RS), for the P-76 at Pontal do Parana (PR), and for the P-75 and P-77 in Rio Grande (RS).

After having been ranked as the second largest shipyard in the world, Inhauma was idle for more than a decade. Leased by Petrobras, it is undergoing remodeling to meet our growing demands.

The Inhauma Shipyard renovation process includes the reconstruction of major facilities such as the dry dock, which is already in use conditions, Piers 01 and 02, workshops, offices, cafeterias, and of equipment, such as cranes.