Dutch SBM Offshore is studying the latest tender launched by Petrobras for the construction of up to two platforms for the Sergipe Águas Profundas (Seap) project and will seek to participate competitively, the company’s president in Brazil, Jonas, said. Lobe Reuters.
The new competitive process, launched by Petrobras about 10 days ago, comes after previous attempts to hire these units were unsuccessful. The oil company has made changes to its hiring model for the revival.
Lobo underlined that SBM, a leading company in the global market of FPSO (oil production, storage and transfer) marine platforms, is now studying the terms and conditions of the new contracts offered, in order to verify the opportunities.
“We have a great interest in deepening the analysis so we can participate competitively,” Lobo said.
The contractual method will be of the “Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT)” type, in which the contractor is responsible for the design, construction, assembly and management of the asset for an initial period defined in the contract. The business will later be transferred to the state-owned company.
Lobo declined to comment on the details of the new competition at this time, but noted, nevertheless, that Petrobras has incorporated the lessons learned into this new competitive process and is expected to succeed under the conditions and deadlines that the oil company expects to receive from the market.
“We work with the perspective that, yes, Petrobras will succeed and we will collaborate to make that happen,” Lobo stressed.
The Petrobras project expects the two platforms to have the capacity to process 120,000 barrels of oil and up to 12 million cubic meters of gas per day.
Recently, Petrobras postponed the commissioning of the Seap platforms to 2030 in its 2025-2029 strategic plan, published in November. In previous planning, both were scheduled for 2028.
ADVANCED SBM IN BRAZIL
Brazil currently has 7 of the 16 platforms that SBM has in operation worldwide, with two more set to begin production in the Santos Basin pre-salt, serving Petrobras.
By the end of the year, SBM expects the entry into operation of the Almirante Tamandaré-type FPSO vessel, in the Búzios field. Then, in 2025, it will be the turn of the FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão, in the Mero field.
The FPSO Almirante Tamandaré, which arrived in Brazil in October, will be the largest operational unit in Brazil, with the potential to produce up to 225 thousand barrels of oil (bpd) and process 12 million cubic meters of gas per day, Lobo highlighted . “This is an extremely important milestone for us.”
According to him, SBM has a total of 2,000 employees in Brazil, including 1,200 offshore, 600 in the Rio de Janeiro base and 200 in the Santos base.
Source: Terra
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