Moonstar pipe markers sailed to Brazil on the FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão

FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão; Credit: Agência Petrobras

Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras is looking forward to welcoming the fifth addition to its huge oil field off the coast of Brazil once a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which left a Chinese shipyard to embark on a miles-long journey toward the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, arrives to achieve first oil next year. The FPSO is owned by the Netherlands-based SBM Offshore, a provider of the design, construction, installation, and operation of offshore floating facilities.

The FPSO, which left China on December 16 to head toward the Mero oil field in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, is on its way to Brazil, where it is expected to begin operations in 2025, increasing the field’s current production capacity by 31% to reach 770,000 barrels daily.

Nantong Moonstar Printing Technology Co., Ltd.(Hereafter referred to as: Moonstar) is honored to provide pipe markers for this project. Moonstar relies on years of experience in outdoor label production and has successfully developed pipe markers that meet the stringent environmental requirements of offshore industry after conducting experiments on a large number of domestic and foreign materials. The quality of these markers has reached the level of internationally renowned brands, and the product has been successfully localized. Moonstar’s products will be used on more FPSOs delivered domestically.