Petrobras begins tender for new FPSOs for Buzios field
Published by Nicholas Woodroof,
Editor
Oilfield Technology,
The three new units are part of the Asset Development Plan, which envisages a total of 12 units installed by the end of the decade. At the end of the development phase, the Búzios field is expected to produce more than 2 million boe/d, becoming Petrobras' largest production asset.
Currently, there are four units operating in Búzios, which account for over 20% of Petrobras' total production. The fifth platform, the FPSO Almirante Barroso, is under construction and is scheduled to start production in the second half of 2022.
The first of the three new units will be the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré with startup schedule for the second half of 2024. The FPSO will be chartered with a daily processing capacity of 225 000 bbl of oil and 12 million m3 of gas, and will be the largest oil production unit operating in Brazil and one of the largest in the world.
The other two units, P-78 and P-79, will be contracted under the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) model and will have the capacity to process daily 180 000 bbl of oil and 7.2 million m3 of gas, each one. The platforms are expected to start operating in 2025.
Petrobras will contract wet Christmas trees (WCTs), drilling rigs, well services and collection systems.
The FPSOs and WCTs are expected to be contracted in 2021, and the others will start in the next 18 months.
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