Offshore staff
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands – Petrobras has awarded SBM Offshore a 26.25-year lease and operation contract for the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré.
This will be the sixth FPSO located at the giant Búzios field in the presalt Santos basin, 180 km (112 mi) offshore Rio de Janeiro.
SBM is progressing with the design and construction using its Fast4Ward program, a multi-purpose floater (MPF) hull combined with standardized topsides modules. The company has allocated its fourth Fast4Ward MPF hull to the project.
Delivery is expected in the second half of 2024.
According to the company, this will be Brazil’s largest oil producing platform, capable of processing 225,000 b/d of oil and 12 MMcm/d of gas, with water injection capacity of 250,000 b/d and a minimum crude storage capacity of 1.4 MMbbl.
The vessel will be spread moored in about 2,000 m (6,562 ft) water depth.
07/27/2021
