Offshore Brazil's largest operating FPSO officially producing and on hire, SBM announces
SBM Offshore announced that its FPSO Almirante Tamandar茅 is formally on hire as of February 16, 2025 after achieving first oil and the completion of a 72-hour continuous production test leading to Final Acceptance.
FPSO Almirante Tamandar茅 is the largest oil producing unit in Brazil with a processing capacity of 225,000 barrels of oil and 12 million m3 of gas per day. This FPSO has an estimated greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity below 10 kgCO2e/boe1 and benefits from emission reduction technologies such as the closed flare technology which increases gas utilization, preventing it from being burnt into the atmosphere. FPSO Almirante Tamandar茅 is the first unit in Brazil to receive a Sustainability-1 Notation2 certification reflecting the company鈥檚 efforts to reduce emissions over the lifecycle of the vessel.
FPSO Almirante Tamandar茅 is owned and operated by special purpose companies owned by affiliated companies of SBM Offshore (55%) and its partners (45%). The FPSO will operate under a 26.25-year charter and operation services contracts with Petr贸leo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras).
FPSO Almirante Tamandar茅 is installed at the B煤zios unitized field located in the Santos Basin, approximately 180 kilometers offshore Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The B煤zios unitized field is operated by Petrobras (88.99%) in partnership with CNODC (3.67%) and CNOOC (7.34%).