Anticipating Scheduled Maintenance for Its Fleet of FPSOs, Petrobras Opens Tender for Platforms That Will Begin Operations Between 2018 and 2019
Petrobras launched last week another round of tender to maintain its fleet of FPSOs that will operate in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin between this year and next year. So far, the tender covers 5 platforms, namely: P-66, P-67, P-68, P-69, and P-70. Of these, only P-66 is in operation in the Lula Sul Field, the others are scheduled to begin activities between 2018 and 2019. It is worth mentioning that the units belong to Petrobras.
There are rumors that the state-owned company decided to expedite these tenders to escape the new hiring guidelines for renewed models, according to the State-Owned Companies Law (13.303), which will be mandatory for all government companies by the end of the first semester. Petrobras was approached by press offices to clarify the veracity of the information, which it naturally denied. Here is the press release:
“The adherence to good maintenance practices from the start of operations is one of the operational requirements in E&P installations, so there is no motivation due to legislation, but rather to meet operational demand,” stated the company through its press office.
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The State-owned company emphasized that the design of this plan aims to maximize gains gradually and convert them into more platform contracts, especially since these units are necessary for these similar operations. The Operational Unit of the Santos Basin (UO-BS) is responsible for this tender and there are two more that Petrobras is promoting, UO-Rio and UO-BC, which are also for maintenance of offshore units.
A true campaign of operations is being prepared for 2018, and despite some mobility in the market in this regard, experts say it will be in 2019 that the market will witness a real explosion of opportunities, with many drilling campaigns and significant foreign investment in the country. Some seismic campaigns are already underway, and others are in the environmental release phase. Get ready and study, because “luck is the effect of preparation meeting opportunity.”

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