MOL Moves into OSV Field
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that it has teamed up with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and AKOFS Offshore AS to purchase the subsea support vessel Skandi Santos from the current shipowner through a three-way joint venture company called Avium Subsea ASand started the business effective on November 23. Brazil’s national oil company, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., has chartered the Skandi Santos from AKOFS since 2010, using it to install subsea facilities in deep-sea oil and gas fields off Brazil. The project is MOL’s first step into the subsea business, where the company
FPSO Charter Bussiness for Offshore Brazil Oil Fields
MODEC, Mitsui, MOL and Marubeni to Proceed with the Deepwater FPSO Charter Project for Tartaruga Verde & Tartaruga Mestiça Oil Fields Offshore Brazil MODEC, Inc., Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., and Marubeni Corporation have agreed that Mitsui, MOL and Marubeni will invest in a long-term charter business (“the Project”) currently promoted by MODEC for the purpose of providing a floating production, storage, and offloading system (“the FPSO”) for use in the Tartaruga Verde and Tartaruga Mestiça oil fields off the coast of Brazil.
FPSO Chartering Project for Brazilian Offshore Field
Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. & Marubeni Corporation to participate in Ultra-Deepwater FPSO Chartering Project for Brazilian Offshore Pre-Salt Oil Field MODEC, Inc. Mitsui, MOL and Marubeni will invest in a long-term charter business operated by MODEC for the purpose of providing a floating production, storage, and offloading system (FPSO) for use in the Iracema Norte area of a pre-salt oil field off the coast of Brazil. Construction of the FPSO will involve the conversion of a VLCC (very large crude oil carrier), which will be renamed “FPSO Cidade de ITAGUAÍ
February 2024
