{"id":272986,"date":"2025-06-30T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/sumitomo-starts-construction-of-shells-gato-do-mato-fpso-in-japan\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T16:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:15:53","slug":"sumitomo-starts-construction-of-shells-gato-do-mato-fpso-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/sumitomo-starts-construction-of-shells-gato-do-mato-fpso-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sumitomo starts construction of Shell’s Gato do Mato FPSO in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Gato do Mato project<\/strong> has just reached a new point in its schedule with the steel cutting of the FPSO, an event that officially marks the start of the construction of the hull of this offshore production unit.<\/p>\n\n

The Gato do Mato FPSO project<\/h2>\n\n

The ceremony took place at the Sumitomo Heavy Industries<\/strong> shipyard in Japan and was attended by representatives of Shell Brazil, including its project manager, Carlos Lusqui\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n

This development reaffirms the full implementation of the project, as well as the confidence of Shell and its partners in the potential of the Brazilian pre-salt. Moreover, innovation is at the heart of this phase: for the first time, an FPSO hull of this size will be built in a modular fashion between two countries, China and Japan. This logistics strategy, led by MODEC <\/strong>and Sumitomo Corporation<\/strong>, responds to the current challenges of drydock availability and aims to optimize delivery times. <\/p>\n\n

This FPSO is designed to operate in the Gato do Mato field<\/strong>, and the floating unit will have the capacity to process up to 120 thousand barrels of oil per day. This start-up is projected for 2029, consolidating one more stage of offshore development in Brazil. <\/p>\n\n

The consortium driving this venture is comprised of Shell as the main operator, together with Ecopetrol<\/a><\/strong>TotalEnergies <\/strong>and the state-owned PPSA <\/strong>(Pr\u00e9-Sal Petr\u00f3leo S\/A<\/em>), which represents the Brazilian government under the production sharing scheme.<\/p>\n\n

Moreover, the integration of international capabilities<\/strong> in engineering, logistics and energy sets a precedent in the sector, demonstrating how major marine developments can move forward through strategic alliances.<\/p>\n\n

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Source and photo: Sumitomo Heavy Industries<\/a> \/ LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This first steel cut activates the timeline to production and symbolizes the consortium’s commitment to an infrastructure that will enhance deepwater energy production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8404,"featured_media":272923,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13048,13036],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-272986","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-maritime","categoria_noticias-oil-and-gas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/272986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/272986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=272986"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=272986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}