Petrobras extends contract for Tupi FPSO
Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has amended an agreement for the Cidade de Angra dos Reis floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel in Tupi field, Santos basin, to extend the charter by an additional 5 years to 2030.
In addition to extending the contractual term, the amendments aim to enable upgrades to the FPSO, which currently has production potential exceeding 50,000 b/d. Planned improvements are intended to enhance production reliability and efficiency, maintain platform integrity, operational safety, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the operator said. The Tupi consortium plans to decommission the unit in 2030.
Petrobras connects first well to Tupi pilot FPSO
In operation at Tupi field since October 2010, Cidade de Angra dos Reis was the first high-capacity FPSO to operate in the presalt layer of Santos basin offshore Brazil.
The charter and service agreements were signed with Tupi Pilot MV 22 BV and Modec Serviços de Petróleo do Brasil Ltda.
Petrobras is operator at Tupi (67.216%) with consortium partners Shell plc (23.024%), Petrogal (9.209%), and PPSA (0.551%).
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
