Petrobras Puts Carmópolis Up for Sale, the Largest Onshore Oil Field in Brazil. The Facilities Are Located in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin.
Petrobras announced in a relevant fact this morning (10/23) the stage of opportunity disclosure (teaser) regarding the sale of all its stakes in the Carmópolis Cluster, which includes 11 concessions of onshore production fields and the integrated production facilities, with fields located in Sergipe. Without debts and with two billion reais in cash, Brazilian oil company Enauta wants to go shopping
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According to Petrobras’ statement, the offer includes 3,000 oil production wells, 17 oil treatment stations, a gas station in Carmópolis, approximately 350 km of gas and oil pipelines.
In addition, the Atalaia Cluster is also among the assets, which includes the Aracaju Maritime Terminal (Tecarmo), a natural gas processing unit, and an oil processing station. Other assets include the Bonsucesso-Atalaia oil pipeline, which is 48.6 kilometers long and transports production from the concessions to Tecarmo.
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Additionally, all production facilities within the ring-fence (set of assets) of the 11 concessions and the ownership of part of the land are included.
This disclosure complies with Petrobras’ internal regulations. This is yet another asset sale by the state-owned company, which has been seeking to concentrate its resources more on oil production in deep and ultra-deep waters.
The teaser, which contains the main information about the opportunity as well as the eligibility criteria for selecting potential participants, is available on Petrobras’ website . The main subsequent steps of the project will be communicated to the market in due course.
Between January and September of this year, production from the Carmópolis Cluster was 10,000 barrels of oil per day and 73,000 cubic meters of natural gas. Petrobras is the operator of the fields, with 100% participation.

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