SBM may bid in Petrobras tender Sergipe project platforms

SBM Offshore NV

12/12/2024 11:00

By Marta Nogueira
       RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Dutch firm SBM
Offshore  SBMO.AS  is considering bidding on a tender launched
by Brazil's Petrobras  PETR4.SA  to build up to two oil
platforms for the state-run oil firm, SBM's president in Brazil,
Jonas Lobo, told Reuters.
    The tender, to build up to two Floating Production Storage
and Offloading (FPSO) vessels, is part of Petrobras' plans to
develop an oil and gas field in the Sergipe state in northeast
Brazil. 
    "We have huge interest in deepening the analysis so that we
are able to participate competitively," said Lobo.
    The tender was launched by Petrobras last month after
previous attempts to commission the vessels were unsuccessful.
The Brazilian oil giant made changes to the tender for the
relaunch that Lobo believes will make it successful.
    "We will collaborate to make that happen," he said.
    Petrobras projects that the two platforms will have the
capacity to process 120,000 barrels of oil and up to 12 million
cubic meters of gas daily.
    The company postponed the start of operations for the two
platforms until at least 2030 in the strategic plan it published
in November for 2025 to 2029. In the previous plan, both
platforms were scheduled to being operating in 2028.    

 (Reporting by Marta Nogueira, writing by Fabio Teixeira;
Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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