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SBM Offshore signs the FPSO Sepetiba charter and operation agreement with Petrobras

Written by Paulo Nogueira
Published 12/12/2019 às 06:00
Updated 11/12/2019 às 19:11

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SBM Offshore signs with Petrobras FPSO Sepetiba

The contract for the construction of FPSO Mero 2 signed by the Dutch company SBM Offshore with Petrobras was announced yesterday, 11.

SBM Offshore announced the signing of contracts with the Brazilian state oil company Petrobras for the charter and operation for 22,5 years of FPSO Sepetiba, the Dutch company announced this Wednesday, December 9. Explosion of jobs in onshore oil fields in RN, Petrobras sells 34 fields in Rio Grande do Norte to PetroRecôncavo for US$ 266 million

The floating unit for production, storage and transfer of oil and gas Sepetiba, formerly known as Mero 2, will be located in the Mero field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt layer, 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Delivery is scheduled for 2022.

A SBM Offshore is moving forward with design and construction using its Fast4Ward® program, incorporating the company's new multipurpose hull, combined with several standardized topsides modules.

The FPSO has the capacity to produce 180 barrels of oil per day and compress 12 million m3 of natural gas per day.

In December 2017, the Brazilian state-owned company announced the sale of the Mero field, in the Libra block, the country's first pre-salt production sharing area.

The Mero field is located in the Libra block, operated by a consortium led by Petrobras (with 40%) and with the participation of the multinationals Shell (20%), Total (20%), CNODC (10%) and CNOOC (10%). ). The area was tendered by the Brazilian government in 2013, in a Production Sharing contract.

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With a technical background, I worked in the offshore oil and gas market for a few years. Today, my team and I are dedicated to bringing information from the Brazilian energy sector and the world, always with credible and up-to-date sources.

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