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Shell: final investment decision in Brazil

(CercleFinance.com) - The Libra consortium, which includes Shell, announced on Wednesday that it has made a final investment decision on a third floating production and storage unit (FPSO) for a deepwater project in Brazil.


The consortium, led by the Brazilian oil group Petrobras, has decided to use the Mero-3 vessel for this field located in the Santos pre-salt basin, 170 kilometres off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, in water depth of 2100 metres.

The first two vessels mobilized, Mero-1 and Mero-2, each have an estimated capacity of around 180,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.

The consortium at the origin of the project includes Petrobras (40%), Shell (20%), Total (20%), as well as the Chinese companies CNPC (10%) and CNOOC (10%).


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