MODEC has executed a contract with Sumitomo Heavy Industries for the delivery of Gato do Mato floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for Shell, which will be deployed offshore Brazil…
MODEC has executed a contract with Sumitomo Heavy Industries for the delivery of Gato do Mato floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for Shell, which will be deployed offshore Brazil.
MODEC and Sumitomo Heavy Industries signed a contract for the forward block of MODEC’s new generation hull for the Gato do Mato FPSO, according to the social media post by Soichi Ide, Group Head of Project Execution and Chief Digital Officer at MODEC.
“This collaboration enables a unique construction methodology that addresses the constraints in the availability of new building dock slots,” Ide said.
Shell hired MODEC for the operations and maintenance of the FPSO, which will be deployed at Gato do Mato deepwater field off Brazil, for a period of 20 years.
MODEC is in charge of the design of the hull and all related topsides facilities for the FPSO, which will be moored by a SOFEC Spread Mooring system.
The agreement followed the execution of the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract, which was awarded to MODEC in March 2024, and final investment decision (FID) for the project made by Shell Brasil Petróleo, a subsidiary of Shell, in March 2025.
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