MODEC Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a MODEC, Inc. group company awarded Frames a contract for supplying one subsea hydraulic power unit (HPU) package, 14 production well control Racks, 8 water injection well control racks and accessory equipment for the Petrobras FPSO Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes MV29. The Frames equipment will be delivered in March 2016.
The FPSO Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes MV29 will be used to develop the Tartaruga Verde and Tartaruga Mestiça fields, located in the Campos basin off the coast of Brazil. The FPSO will be capable of processing 150,000 barrels of crude oil a day. The Frames flow control and safeguarding equipment is designed to provide a clean and reliable hydraulic pressurized fluid for the actuators of hydraulic operated subsea valves.
HPUs are used for controlling processes at any oil and gas plant and ensure reliable and safe production conditions. A typical Frames HPU is equipped with reservoirs, pumps, motors, filters, accumulators, valves and instrumentation.