TotalEnergies starts production from Lapa Southwest project offshore Brazil

TotalEnergies started oil production from the Lapa Southwest project in Santos basin, about 300 km offshore Brazil.

Development of Lapa Southwest consist of subsea tieback of three wells to the existing Lapa floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit. The project will increase oil production from Lapa field by 25,000 b/d at plateau and bring the total output of the field to 60,000 b/d.

Production startup follows the that of Mero-4 in May 2025, and ahead of startup of Atapu-2 and Sépia-2 expected in 2029.

TotalEnergies is operator at Lapa Southwest with 48% intrest. Partners are Shell (27%) and Repsol Sinopec Brazil (25%).