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Petrobras prepares to decommission the remaining subsea structures of the FPSOs Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade de Rio das Ostras and Piranema
Petrobras has launched a tender to contract engineering, preparation, removal and disposal (EPRD) services, which will be used to decommission the remaining underwater structures of the FPSOs Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade de Rio das Ostras and Piranema, already demobilized from projects in the basins Campos and Sergipe-Alagoas, respectively. Also read this news: Petrobras signs contract with SBM Offshore for chartering and providing services for FPSO Mero 4, which will be installed in the pre-salt layer, in the Santos Basin
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About the tender launched to the market by Petrobras
According to the Petronotícias website, on October 13, Petrobras will open the envelopes with the bidders' proposals. The bidding, with national scope, will take place in the open competition mode and the beginning of the price competition will be on October 14th.
In addition to the engineering, preparation, removal and disposal services, Petrobras' bid will also contract the disposal activities, as scrap, of materials from the ports of the submarine systems belonging to the three FPSOs. The criterion for judging the bid will be the best combination, with the lowest price for Petrobras, taking into account the difference between the proposal value of the EPRD service provision contract and the proposal value of the alienation contract.
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The subsea systems of three FPSOs that will undergo decommissioning
According to the website Petronotícias, Petrobras' FPSO Rio de Janeiro system, which produced in the Espadarte field, in the Campos Basin, the work of the future contractor will involve the decommissioning of 10 wells and 132 km of flexible lines. With regard to subsea equipment for the FPSO Piranema, which produced in the field of the same name, in Sergipe-Alagoas, the activities will cover nine wells and the collection of 120 km of flexible pipelines and risers. Finally, at the FPSO Rio das Ostras, previously installed in the Tartaruga Verde, Tartaruga Mestiça and Espadarte fields, the work will involve two wells and 21,1 km of flexible lines.
See also this news: Petrobras is hiring FPSO to work on a deep water project in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin
Petrobras' director of development, João Henrique Rittershaussen, gave an interview to epbr, talking about the contracting of an FPSO, for a deep water project in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. The director points out that Petrobras has already launched a competition process for contracting the platform on the market and that the proposals should be received in 2022.
In an interview, Rittershaussen stated that a bidding process was initiated for the Built Operate and Transfer (BOT) model, whereby the charterer operates the platform for some time and subsequently transfers it to Petrobras. The process is aimed at an FPSO-type unit. João Henrique says that the FPSO BOT for the deep water project in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin is already on the road and that the companies are already working on the process. According to him, Petrobras should already receive a proposal next year.
The BOT model is new for Petrobras, although the company had anticipated in February this year that it intended to work with this option for the deep waters of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. In the interview, Rittershaussen also pointed out that Petrobras has been working hard to reduce the time to deploy platforms, as well as to reduce construction time and increase the efficiency of the units.
