Petrobras P-57 Super Platform comes on stream with WEG Transformers

Brazilian oil major, Petrobras, has just launched P-57, a super FPSO- (floating production, storage, and offloading) type platform, Expected to commence oil production at Parque das Baleias -- in the north of the Campos Basin, Brazil -- in late November, P-57 will be anchored at a depth of 1260 meters, and be capable of processing up to 180,000 barrels of oil and 2 million cubic meters of gas per day.

As a major supplier of control and automation systems and equipment to Petrobras, WEG products feature highly on P-57. The WEG package supplied for P-57 included Medium Voltage Panels, Low Voltage Panels, MCCs (Motor Control Centers) and Medium and Low Voltage Dry-Type Transformers, among other surveillance and safety subsystems.

These products were supplied to Single Buoy Moorings (SBM), the company responsible for the engineering, supply and building of P-57. They were sent to the shipyard in Singapore where the ship was adapted, and where the majority of products supplied were integrated into the platform.

"SBM and WEG working together was not just a partnership; it was a joint effort to achieve one common objective. P-57 was a large and complex project with a tight schedule and the two companies stood by each other maintaining excellent communication between them and with Petrobras," said Jean-François Labrunie, FPSO P-57 - Package Manager of SBM.

In addition to the products issued to SBM, WEG also provided a total of 164 motors for use on P-57. These were supplied to several OEMs that worked directly with WEG. Motors for Gas Compressors were sold to MAN Turbo, Switzerland; Motors for Water Pumps were sold to SULZER, Brazil; and Motors for General Applications were sold to KSB Brazil.

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