Total intends to sign an agreement by the end of this year to hire a logistical support base that will support the oil and gas exploratory campaign in the Campos Basin

The oil and gas multinational Total is preparing to hire services for its exploratory campaign in the Campos Basin, located off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, which will start in 2021. The company will bid for a support base for logistics operations, in addition to requesting that the company winning the contract provide a fluids plant to be installed on site.

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Total's drilling campaign will be carried out in offshore block CM-541, in the Campos Basin. The area was auctioned in 2019 in the 16th Bidding Round, and provides for the drilling of two exploratory oil and gas wells.

The delivery of proposals should start this Monday (31). In the public notice, Total requires that three to five moorings be priced weekly, in addition to demanding that the offered logistics unit have a free and covered area for the storage of equipment and work bases for the multinational's professionals and outsourced workers.

It is estimated that the duration of the contract will be from seven months to one year and Total plans to sign the agreement by the end of this year, 2020. The multinational does not determine the location of the base, however, according to specialists, the proposals applied to Porto do Açu may have greater chances, since the campaign will be in the north of the Campos Basin.

Companies such as Brasil Port, Brasco, Dome, Technip, InterMoor and Porto do Açu are considered potential companies to compete in the tender for a logistics base for Total.

*Source: Petroleo Hoje

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The project will include the FPSO Mero 3 which will have a processing capacity of 180.000 barrels per day and is expected to start operations in 2024. It follows investment decisions for the FPSOs Mero 1 (startup scheduled for 2021) and Mero 2 (startup scheduled for 2023 ), both of which have the same oil and gas processing capacity.