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Baleia Azul FPSO arrives at field offshore Brazil

FPSO arrives at Baleia Azul field offshore Brazil

Offshore staff

ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands -- Fairmount Glacier and Fairmount Summit have delivered FPSO Cidade de Anchieta to the Baleia Azul field offshore Rio de Janeiro. Both tugs have towed the FPSO from Singapore to Brazil.

The Cidade de Anchieta underwent a fasttrack upgrading at a shipyard in Singapore. The convoy set sail on June 15 for the 9,500 mi voyage. En route, one bunker stop was made in Cape Town, South Africa.

The trio arrived at Baleia Azul field Aug. 2.

8/02/2012

 

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