"(The delivery) is reasonably on schedule,” said Bernard van Leggelo, SBM’s executive managing director of floating production and mooring systems.

SBM, which controls the Brasa yard, will supply Petrobras with two near identical floaters under a $3.5 billion contract won in partnership with Queiroz Galvao Oleo e Gas and Japanese investors, in 2013

Speaking at the sidelines of a breakfast briefing on China during the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, van Leggelo said the first unit, Cidade de Marica, left the yard on April 15, while the second one, FPSO Cidade de Saquarema, is expected to leave early in the third quarter.

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