The Brazilian Oil Giant Selects SBM Offshore For 26-Year Charter Of Brazil’s Largest FPSO Platform To Be Installed At The World’s Largest Deepwater Oil Field

The Almirante Tamandaré Platform, one of the 13 new FPSOs that Petrobras intends to implement over five years, will be the sixth FPSO in Búzios

The Dutch oil company SBM Offshore has signed a 26-year lease and operation contract for the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré with Brazil’s largest oil company, Petrobras, the Amsterdam-based company reported yesterday, Tuesday (07/27). These contracts follow the signing of the binding Letter of Intent, as announced on February 25, 2021.

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The storage and production offloading unit (FPSO), Almirante Tamandaré, will be the sixth FPSO in Búzios and the largest in Brazil and will be installed in the Santos Basin, approximately 180km from the state of Rio de Janeiro. The Búzios field is the largest deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil field in the world.

SBM stated in a statement that it is progressing with the design and construction using its fast4Ward® program. The FPSO is expected to be delivered in the second half of 2024. The value of the agreement, originally announced in February, was not disclosed.

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According to Petrobras’ 2021-2025 business plan, the FPSO will have a production capacity of 225,000 barrels of oil and 12 million m3 of gas per day and will start production in the second half of 2024.

The SBM is also building the FPSO Sepetiba, to be deployed in another large oil field in the Santos Basin – the Mero field, also offshore Brazil.

Almirante Tamandaré is one of the 13 new FPSOs that the state-owned oil company Petrobras intends to implement over five years. The others are:

WEG to Equip Brazil’s Largest Oil and Gas Platform with 140 Electric Motors

About 40 medium voltage electric motors, with powers reaching up to 13,400 kW, plus 100 low voltage electric motors and five medium voltage frequency inverters (three of which have a nominal power of 11,723 kW), will be supplied by multinational WEG to equip Brazil’s largest oil and gas platform!

WEG is already manufacturing the equipment at its factory located in Jaraguá do Sul (SC). The electric motors and inverters will be supplied through client manufacturers of compressors and pumps from Europe and Asia, and will operate these equipment in the Bacalhau field, in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin.

The new FPSO platform from Equinor, manufactured by the Japanese Modec, intended for the pre-salt of the Santos Basin, is 364 meters long, 64 meters wide, and 33 meters deep, with a designed draft of 22.65 meters. It can withstand unique environmental conditions and will be the first with a closed-loop power generation system with a gas turbine in the world.

The FPSO Bacalhau has its first production scheduled between 2023/2024, and promises to produce up to 220,000 barrels of oil per day and 15 million m³/day of natural gas.

Over the last decade, WEG has established itself as the largest global supplier of electric motors for FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) oil and gas platforms, mainly due to high technology employed in the products and the high reliability of operation.

“For projects like this, whose final destination is Brazil, our clients also count on the largest local service structure with technicians extensively trained and qualified to provide immediate support for any client needs,” explains Elder Stringari, International Corporate Director of WEG.

Equinor Contracts Modec for Brazil’s Largest Oil and Gas Production Platform

On January 30, Norwegian Equinor officially contracted Modec to supply the FPSO Bacalhau floating platform, which will be used for oil and gas production in the Bacalhau field, formerly the Carcará area, in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin.

The Japanese company will be responsible for the design and construction of the FPSO, including contracting topside modules, as well as marine and hull systems. The platform will be the largest FPSO ever delivered in Brazil.

Equinor also announced that it has contracted, with the Subsea Integration Alliance consortium, formed by Subsea7 and OneSubsea, the SURF (Subsea, Umbilical, Risers and Flowlines) equipment package, which is installed on the seabed.

“Bacalhau is a world-class asset in the Brazilian pre-salt. Brazil is a key growth area for Equinor, and the company has the ambition to produce 300,000 to 500,000 barrels per day in Brazil by 2030. Bacalhau will be an important contributor to achieving that goal,” says Margareth Øvrum, Executive Vice President of Development and Production at Equinor Brazil.

A second platform, which may represent a second phase of development for Carcará, is still under study by the consortium led by Equinor.