Equinor has, on behalf of the BM-C-33 consortium, has submitted the Declarations of Commerciality and Plans of Development for two development areas in the BM-C-33 concession in Brazil’s Campos Basin to Agência Nacional de Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis (ANP).
The concession is located approximately 200 km from Rio de Janeiro, in water depths up to 2900 meters. It contains natural gas and oil/condensate recoverable volumes of above 1 Gboe. Equinor (operator, 35%) is partnered with Repsol Sinopec Brasil (35%) and Petrobras (30%) in the consortium.
The selected concept comprises one floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) capable of processing gas and oil/condensate with a production capacity of 16 mcm/d with expected average exports of 14 mcm/d. Gas would be exported through a 200 km offshore gas pipeline from the FPSO to Cabiúnas, in the city of Macaé, in the state of Rio de Janeiro and liquids are planned to be offloaded by shuttle tankers.