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Brazil Will Account for Almost Half of Global FPSO Orders by 2023

Written by Flavia Marinho
Published on 15/02/2020 at 08:58
Updated on 15/02/2020 at 09:21
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The Dutch Oil Company SBM Predicts That By 2023 Brazil Will Account for Nearly Half of the World’s New Orders for FPSOs

Good news for the Brazilian offshore naval sector! Brazil is expected to order 15 FPSOs out of the 35 projected in global contracts by 2023. Nine oil wells in the pre-salt Campos Basin were licensed yesterday by Shell.

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The good news came from the Dutch oil company SBM last Thursday (13). According to market analysts, the second place will go to the African offshore, with six promising platform contracts.

Seven of the fifteen floating production storage and offloading units in SBM’s global fleet are located in Brazil, namely the FPSOs Espírito Santo, Anchieta, Capixaba, Cidade de Paraty, Cidade de Ilhabela, Cidade de Maricá, and Cidade de Saquarema.

The Dutch oil company signed a contract with the Brazilian state-owned company Petrobras at the end of the second half of 2019 for the construction and operation of the floating production storage and offloading unit Mero 2 (Sepetiba).  The production forecast for the unit is set for 2023, where the FPSO will be operated for nearly 23 years by SBM.

Analyses by Energy Maritime Associates (EMA) indicate that investments in FPSOs in Brazil are expected to reach US$ 28.4 billion by 2024, nearly one-third of the global total during the period (US$ 98.9 billion).

The Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras forecasts in its current business plan the installation of 13 platforms by 2024, including FPSOs P-70, which will start production in the Atapu field in 2020; Mero 1 and Sépia (2021); Marlim 1, Búzios 5, and Lula Oeste (2022); Parque das Baleias, Mero 2, and Marlim 2 (2023); and Búzios 6, Mero 3, Sergipe Deep Waters, and Itapu (2024).

Among other upcoming newbuild projects in Brazil in the coming years are those for Carcará (Equinor, 2023-2024) and Gato do Mato (Shell, possibly in 2024).

Of the reported FPSOs, seven are already contracted (besides P-70, which is a Petrobras-owned unit): Mero 1, Sépia, Búzios 5, Marlim 1, and Carcará with Modec; Mero 2 (SBM); and Marlim 2 with Yinson.

SBM Offshore published its Annual Report and Lost Earnings for 2019. Listen below to the company’s CEO Bruno Chabas reflecting on a positive year for the firm.

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Flavia Marinho

Flavia Marinho é Engenheira pós-graduada, com vasta experiência na indústria de construção naval onshore e offshore. Nos últimos anos, tem se dedicado a escrever artigos para sites de notícias nas áreas militar, segurança, indústria, petróleo e gás, energia, construção naval, geopolítica, empregos e cursos. Entre em contato com flaviacamil@gmail.com ou WhatsApp +55 21 973996379 para correções, sugestão de pauta, divulgação de vagas de emprego ou proposta de publicidade em nosso portal.

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