Pioneiro de Libra (conversion)

Commission for the Ship Owner

• Bid support for Libra field tendering
• The target for engineering was to verify the feasibility of the conversion and provide information for capital expenditure analysis
• Basic set of documentation was prepared including general arrangement, conversion specification and stability check

Commission for the Shipyard

• Basic engineering of the hull and utilities
• Scope included structural design; strength and FEA calculations; accommodation and HVAC design; P&IDs for marine and utility systems; electrical and instrumentation for the hull; procurement support for main equipment; and HSE considerations
• Deltamarin also provided interface management

Project Features

• Storage capacity 650,000bbl, production rate 50,000 bbl/d
• A very complex fatigue life analysis was conducted due to the vessel’s long service history in North Sea conditions and its relatively high age
• The vessel will serve the Libra pre-salt field in the ultra-deepwater section of Brazil’s Santos Basin as an early well-testing unit
• The project was a fast track project with a delivery time of only 23 months
• The work was completed in 2017