Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has launched a procurement process to secure two more floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels, which will be deployed for the Sergipe Águas Profunda (SEAP) project, in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin off Brazil. The vessels will be operated by Petrobras, and they will have each a production capacity of up to 120 kb/d of oil and up to 12 mcm/d of gas. The process will also include the bidding for one firm unit that would begin operations at the SEAP 2 project in 2030; it also includes an option to acquire a second similar FPSO for the SEAP 1 project.
The SEAP 1 project covers the deposits belonging to the Agulhinha, Agulhinha Oeste, Cavala and Palombeta fields, located in the BM-SEAL-10 (100% Petrobras) and BM-SEAL-11 (60% Petrobras and 40% IBV Brasil Petróleo LTDA) concessions. The SEAP 2 project covers deposits belonging to the Budião, Budião Noroeste and Budião Sudeste fields, located in the BM-SEAL-4 (75% Petrobras and 25% ONGC Campos Limitada), BM-SEAL-4A (100% Petrobras) and BM-SEAL-10 (100% Petrobras) concessions.