Saipem lands further riser work for Búzios offshore Brazil
Nov. 22, 2021
Petrobras has awarded Saipem a $940-million SURF EPCI contract for the Búzios 7 project in the presalt Santos basin offshore Brazil.
(Courtesy Saipem)
The FDS.
Offshore staff
SAN DONATO MILANESE, Italy – Petrobras has awarded Saipem a $940-million SURF EPCI contract for the Búzios 7 project in the presalt Santos basin offshore Brazil.
Saipem will supply and install a rigid steel lazy-wave riser-based subsea system for the development, 200 km (124 mi) offshore Rio de Janeiro state in a water depth of 2,000 m (6,562 ft).
The full scope includes the associated flowlines interconnecting 15 subsea wells to the FPSO and related service lines and control umbilicals.
In addition, Saipem will provide and install the FPSO anchors and manage hookup of the platform at the field location.
The company will deploy its FDS vessel for the risers.
It follows an earlier contract with a similar scope for the Búzios 5 project, issued by Petrobras in July 2020.
