SBM Offshore N.V
$SBMO (-0,24 %) considers bid for Petrobras
$PETR3 (-0,12 %)
$PETR4 (+0,99 %) Sergipe FPSO units
Dutch company SBM Offshore is considering participating in a tender by Brazil's Petrobras to build up to two oil platforms for the state oil company, Jonas Lobo, president of SBM in Brazil, told Reuters.
The tender for the construction of up to two FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) vessels is part of Petrobras' plans to develop an oil and gas field in the state of Sergipe in north-eastern Brazil.
"We are very interested in deepening the analysis," said Lobo.
The tender was launched by Petrobras last month after previous attempts to put the vessels into operation were unsuccessful. The Brazilian oil giant has made changes for the new tender that Lobo believes will lead to success.
"We will work together to achieve this," he said.
Petrobras expects the two platforms to have a capacity of 120,000 barrels of oil and up to 12 million cubic meters of gas per day.
In the strategic plan for the years 2025 to 2029 published in November, the company had postponed the commissioning of the two platforms until at least 2030. In the previous plan, the commissioning of both platforms was scheduled for 2028.