BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 25.Jun.2026, Words: 130) — In a season of records, oil production from the Búzios field surpassed the 1.1 million barrel per day (MMb/d) mark. This, after reaching the 1 MMb/d mark in 2025.
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Petrobras Awards TechnipFMC Subsea Contracts by for Brazil’s Pre-Salt Fields
(Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Sep.2024) — TechnipFMC has been awarded two subsea contracts by Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras for the pre-salt fields offshore the South American country. The first award is a substantial contract—between $260mn-$500mn—to design, engineer, and manufacture riser flexible pipe. TechnipFMC will also supply associated services including packing and storage, […]
Keppel Wins $2.9bn Newbuild FPSO P-80 Contract from Petrobras
(Keppel Shipyard, 15.Aug.2022) — Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M)’s wholly owned subsidiary, Keppel Shipyard, has won an international tender from Brazil’s National Oil Company, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A (Petrobras), for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of P-80, a Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) for about $2.9bn. Scheduled […]
Subsea 7 Awarded Contract Offshore Brazil
(Subsea 7, 26.May.2022) — Subsea 7 announced the award of a major(1) contract by Petrobras for the development of the Búzios 8 field located approximately 180 kilometres off the coast of Rio de Janeiro at 2,000 metres water depth in the pre-salt Santos basin. The contract scope includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, […]
Petrobras Proved Reserves Reach 9.9 BN BOE in 2021
(Petrobras, 28.Jan.2022) — Petrobras discloses its proved reserves of oil, condensate and natural gas, according to SEC (US Securities and Exchange Commission) regulation, estimated at 9.88 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), as of 31 December 2021. Oil and condensate, and natural gas correspond to 85% and 15% of this […]
CNODC Yet To Express Interest In Búzios Field
(Petrobras, 4.Oct.2021) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 29 September 2021, informs that the partner CNODC Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda. has not expressed interest in exercising the option to purchase an additional share of 5% in the Production Sharing Contract of the Transfer of Rights Surplus, […]
Petrobras On Expression Of Interest In Búzios Field
(Petrobras, 29.Sep.2021) — Petrobras, following up the release disclosed on 24 August 2021, informs that the partner CNOOC Petroleum Brasil Ltda. expressed interest in exercising the option to purchase an additional share of 5% in the Production Sharing Contract of the Transfer of Rights Surplus, for the Búzios field, in […]
Petrobras Inks Deal For The 8th Búzios Unit
(Petrobras, 11.Jun.2021) — Petrobras signed a contract with the joint venture formed by Saipem and DSME in the amount of $2.3bn for the supply of P-79, the eighth unit to be installed in Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. With capacity to process 180,000 barrels of oil per […]
Petrobras Inks Búzios Coparticipation Deal
(Petrobras, 11.Jun.2021) — Petrobras signed with Présal Petróleo S.A. (PPSA) and its partners CNODC Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda. (CNODC) and CNOOC Petroleum Brasil Ltda. (CNOOC) the Búzios Coparticipation Agreement, which will regulate the coexistence of the Transfer of Rights Agreement and the Production Sharing Contract for the Suplus of […]
Petrobras Inks Deal For 7th Búzios Unit
(Petrobras, 10.May.2021) — Petrobras signed a contract with Keppel Shipyard Limited to build the P-78, the seventh unit to be installed in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. With processing capacity of 180 thousand barrels of oil per day and 7.2 million cubic meters of gas per […]
Petrobras Inks LOI 6th FPSO For Búzios Field
(Petrobras, 24.Feb.2021) — Petrobras today signed a letter of intent with SBM Offshore for the chartering and provision of services for the FPSO – floating production storage and offloading unit – Almirante Tamandaré, to be installed in the Búzios field, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. The FPSO will […]
Petrobras Charters 6th Module Of Búzios
(Petrobras, 24.Feb.2021) — Petrobras today signed a letter of intent with SBM Offshore for the chartering and provision of services for the FPSO – floating production storage and offloading unit – Almirante Tamandaré, to be installed in the Búzios field, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. The FPSO will […]
Petrobras Reports Record Production In 2020
(Petrobras, 7.Jan.2021) — Petrobras registered records in its 2020 annual oil production and total annual production (oil and gas) of, respectively, 2.28 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil and 2.84 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed). The previous records occurred in 2015 and were 2.23 million bpd […]
Petrobras Confirms Oil At Buzios Well
(Petrobras, 22.Dec.2020) — Petrobras confirmed oil of excellent quality with the drilling of well 9-BUZ-48D-RJS, located in the extreme northwest of Búzios field in the Santos Basin. The well is located 188 km from the city of Rio de Janeiro and was drilled at a water depth of 1,850 meters. […]
Petrobras Reports Record July Búzios Production
(Petrobras, 5.Aug.2020) — Petrobras reports platforms (P-74, P-75, P-76 and P-77) installed in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, reached new monthly production records in July, of 615,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) and 765,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed). The Búzios field, discovered in […]
Petrobras Awards Saipem $325mn Buzios Subsea Deal
(Saipem, 6.Jul.2020) — Saipem has been awarded a contract by Petrobras for the installation of a rigid riser-based subsea system to serve the Búzios pre-salt project, in water depths from 1537 to 2190 meters, offshore the state of Rio de Janeiro. The Búzios-5 overall production system foresees the interconnection of […]
Petrobras Says Buzios Oil Field Achieved New Record
(Reuters, 29.Jun.2020) — Brazil’s Petrobras said that its platforms P-74, P-75, P-76 and P-77 located in the deepwater Buzios oil field, the largest in the world, achieved record production levels on June 27, totalling 664,000 bpd and 822,000 boed. The oil company said it sold 764,000 cubic meters of diesel […]
Petrobras Reports Búzios Production Record
(Petrobras, 29.Jun.2020) — Petrobras reports that the platforms (P74, P-75, P-76 and P-77) installed in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, reached new production records on the 27th of this month, of 664,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) and 822,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed). […]
Petrobras On Oil Finds In Búzios And Albacora
(Petrobras, 11.May.2020) — Petrobras confirmed oil of excellent quality in the Southeast area of the Búzios field and greater potential in the pre-salt of the Albacora field. POÇO 9-BUZ-39DA-RJS Located in the Southeast area of the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, 210 km from Rio de Janeiro, the […]
Petrobras Reports Record Production From Búzios
(Petrobras, 11.Mar.2020) — Petrobras reports that it achieved on March 10th a new production record in Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt: 640 thousand barrels of oil per day and 790 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day produced by the four platforms (P-74, P-75, P-76 and P-77) currently […]
Petrobras Reveals August Production Figures
(Petrobras, 3.Sep.2019) — Petrobras reports that in August its total oil and gas production, including natural gas liquids (NGL), was 3 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), with daily production achieving 3.1 million boed, both reaching record high. In addition, the average pre-salt production (including partners share), in […]