With investments of more than BRL 400 billion, Petrobras announces 15 new oil platforms to start production in the next five years
A Petrobras executive informed last Monday that the Brazilian state oil company is preparing to drill next year its first of 14 wells planned for the deep waters of the Brazilian equatorial margin, considered a new exploratory frontier.
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The announcement took place in the Web series, “Equatorial Margin: opportunities and challenges”, produced by the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil (AMCHAM), in Rio de Janeiro. The event brought together representatives of companies and specialists to discuss oil exploration on Brazil's equatorial margin, which comprises the Pará-Maranhão basin, one of the most promising in terms of production, according to technical studies.
Petrobras Strategic Plan foresees investments of more than BRL 400 billion and announces 15 new oil platforms to start production in the next five years
On December 24, Petrobras released the 2022-2026 Strategic Plan, which provides for investments of US$ 68 billion. The value is 24% higher than that foreseen in the PE 2021-2025. Of these values, the company intends to invest around US$ 5,5 billion in the exploration of basins in the Southeast and on the equatorial margin.
US$ 2 billion (more than R$ 11 billion) will be allocated to exploration on the equatorial margin until 2026, said executive reservoir manager Tiago Homem, during the World Petroleum Congress event, in Houston.
In addition, Petrobras foresees a global investment of US$ 2,5 billion (more than R$ 14 billion) in seismic activities in the same period.
“Petrobras maintains its consistent strategy of focusing on projects with full potential to generate resources and contributions to Brazilian society. We prioritize transforming resources into wealth for the country at the same time that we walk the sustainable path for the energy transition. We expanded our investment forecast for the coming years and we do this with extreme responsibility and diligence in the allocation of resources”, highlights the president of Petrobras, Joaquim Silva e Luna.
In the E&P segment, US$ 57 billion will be invested between 2022 and 2026. For the period, 15 new platforms are expected to start operating in six fields, with a change in the strategy of hiring units chartered by own companies, in some of the projects.
Petrobras announces the beginning of production in Brazil of the production modules of the P-78 platform, at the Brasfels shipyard, in Angra dos Reis (RJ), which will operate in the largest asset in deep waters in the world
Good news for Brazilian shipbuilding! The Brazilian oil giant Petrobras announced last night, in a fact relevant to the market, the start of production in Brazil of the production modules of the P-78 platform, at the Brasfels shipyard, in Angra dos Reis (RJ).
According to the state-owned company's announcement, the modules are units responsible for processing oil, gas and water and comprise, along with the hull, the utilities and the flare, the whole structure of such a floating platform. This stage of the work foresees the simultaneous manufacture of ten modules, out of the 21 foreseen for the P-78, and should be completed in about 20 months. Read the full story here.
