The contract between Petrobras and SBM Offshore provides that the FPSO will produce around 180 bdp and handle 12 million cubic meters of gas per day
Petrobras announced yesterday, Monday (02/08), that it signed a letter of intent with SBM Offshore for the charter of the FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão, which will be the fourth production unit in the Mero field, the first production sharing area in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The charter contract is for 22 years and production is expected to start in 2025. See also: Petrobras signs a contract with Saipem and DSME for the construction of FPSO P-79, which will be installed in the Búzios field, in the pre-salt in the Santos Basin
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The contract between the largest oil company in the country and SBM Offshore
The FPSO will be the fourth platform in the definitive system of the Mero field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, and will have a processing capacity of 180 barrels of oil and 12 million m3 of gas per day. The start of production is scheduled for 2025. The charter and service contracts will last for 22 years and 6 months, starting from the final acceptance of the unit.
The Petrobras and SBM Offshore project provides for the interconnection of 15 wells to the FPSO, 8 of which are oil producers, 6 water and gas injectors and 1 convertible well from producer to gas injector, through an underwater infrastructure composed of rigid production and injection and service flexible pipelines.
SBM Offshore celebrates another contract with Petrobras
Bruno Chabas, CEO of SBM Offshore, commented: “The signing of this Letter of Intent is the second major project awarded this year by our main client, Petrobras. Our market-leading Fast4Ward program continues to meet customers' needs to develop large-scale, complex FPSOs while providing cost-effective, low-GHG intensity solutions."
SBM Offshore will design and build FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão using its industry-leading Fast4Ward program, as it incorporates the company's new Multi-Purpose Floater (MPF) hull, combined with several standardized topsides modules. SBM Offshore's fifth MPF hull has been allocated to this project. Completion of the FPSO is scheduled for 2024.
The Libra block, where the Mero field is located, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, is under a Production Sharing Agreement with a Consortium formed by Petrobras with 40%, Shell Brasil with 20%, Total Energies with 20 %, CNODC and CNOOC with 10% each and the state company, Pré-Sal Petróleo SA, as administrator of the Production Sharing Agreement.
See also: Petrobras chooses the oil company SBM Offshore for the 26-year charter of the largest FPSO platform in Brazil, which will be installed in the largest deep-water oil field in the world
Dutch oil company SBM Offshore has signed a 26-year lease and operation contract with Brazil's largest oil company, Petrobras, for the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré, the Amsterdam-based company informed on 27/07. These agreements follow the signing of the binding Letter of Intent as announced on February 25, 2021.
The Almirante Tamandaré production storage and outflow unit will be the sixth FPSO in Búzios and the largest in Brazil, and will be deployed in the Santos Basin, approximately 180km from the state of Rio de Janeiro. The Búzios field is the largest deep and ultra-deep water oil field in the world.
