The Lapa field consortium has let a subsea contract to TechnipFMC for Lapa field on Block BM-S-9A in the Santos presalt basin in 2,150 m of water 270 km off Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Consortium partners are Total E&P do Brasil Ltda. 35%, Shell Brasil Petroleo Ltda. 30%, Repsol Sinopec Brasil SA 25%, and Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) 10%.
The contract covers the supply of flexible pipes for oil production, gas lift, and gas injection as well as associated accessories. The field will be connected to the 100,000-b/d Cidade de Caraguatatuba floating production, storage, and offloading vessel, already in operation.
Lapa field began production in December 2016 via the FPSO, which, alongside its crude production, can store 1.6 million bbl of oil and compress 5 million cu m/day of gas.
TechnipFMC values the contract at $75-250 million.
In January 2018, Petrobras transferred most of its ownership interest in, as well as operatorship of, Lapa field to Total.