English 
Spanish 
2 min read
Petrobras postpones the entry into operation of the FPSO after having already postponed the bidding process for subsea equipment for the same project
On October 16, Click Petróleo e Gás informed that Petrobras had apostponed the submission of proposals for the subsea of Mero 2 and Búzios V and now it was the oil company's turn to postpone the conclusion of the FPSO.
The information was disclosed by Petrobras in its financial report, yesterday Wednesday (24/10), and represents a postponement of one year before the deadline disclosed in the Petrobras 2019-2014 business plan.
The Brazilian state-owned company predicted the entry into operation of the FPSO Sepetiba, in the field of the same name, in the pre-salt of the Santos basin, for 2022 and will now work with the new date, which will be 2023.
- To combat shortage of professionals, Switzerland opens job vacancies for people who speak Portuguese with remuneration of up to 5 thousand francs
- Astronomers find repeating radio bursts from distant 'dead' galaxy
- Phones with TikTok installed are being listed on eBay for thousands of dollars
- Where did dinosaurs come from? New study answers this question
In March of this year the SBM announced the return to the Brazilian market on top and won the Mero 2 FPSO. In June, the contract was signed with Petrobras, which reported in its quarterly performance report that the FPSO is at 10% physical progress in its project.
The FPSO will have the capacity to process up to 180 bopd and 12 million m³/d of gas and was one of the first achievements of SBM in Brazil after the leniency agreement signed with the justice system due to the accusations of corruption made by the car wash operation. .
SBM's Victory
SBM won the tender that competed together with Modec and MISC for the charter of the FPSO that will operate in the Mero 2 field in the Libra block.
The equipment will operate in a water depth of around 2.000 meters and will have similar characteristics to the Mero 1 project, with some optimizations implemented.
It is worth remembering that the company is the operator of the Brasa shipyard, in Niterói, and had announced that it would keep it closed for a long time due to lack of work.
