Construction of modules for Petrobras’ two platforms, which will be among the largest in the company’s history, could take place in Brazil, as the oil company seeks to be the pillar of Brazil’s shipping sector recovery, company executives said on Thursday.
The P-84 and P-85 platforms, with a capacity to produce about 225,000 barrels of oil per day, are expected to come online in early 2029, at the Atapu and Sépia fields, both in the Santos basin, according to executives.
“We will induce local content without ceasing to be competitive,” Petrobras chief executive Jean Paul Prates told reporters at an event at the Brazilian Petroleum Institute (IBP), without detailing how the units will be procured and what the possibilities of construction in the country’s shipyards.
The statement by Prates, along with Petrobras’ executive director of Engineering, Technology and Innovation, Carlos Travassos, may be a response to calls from members of the maritime industry, who have been pressuring the oil company for changes to platform bidding contracts . so that parts of the structures can be built in Brazil.
Prates has also recently come under pressure from members of the government, while President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wants Petrobras to be an important vector for job creation in the country.
There was even discussion about the dismissal of the CEO of Petrobras. This Thursday he said he was “calm” in his position.
Brazil currently can build equipment and parts of oil production platforms, as well as integrate modules built abroad, but lacks the technology and infrastructure to build an entire unit.
Contractors often complain about high costs in the Brazilian shipping industry and say they find better conditions in other countries, especially Asian ones.
INDUSTRY SUPPORT
According to Prates, Petrobras is in talks with the federal government to support Brazil’s maritime industry. He stressed that a government support program should be launched in the first half of the year.
“We are currently discussing with the government ideas to present to the MME (Ministry of Mines and Energy), the Civil Chamber and the President of the Republic himself, to support this sector,” Prates said.
The executive also highlighted during the Rio de Janeiro event that the company plans to charter approximately 200 support vessels by 2028.
Source: Terra
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