Petrobras lets EPCI contract for Búzios-7 project

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has let a SURF EPCI contract to Saipem SPA for installation of a rigid riser-based subsea system for the Búzios-7 project in the presalt, about 200 km offshore Rio de Janeiro in about 2,000 m water depth.

The project includes engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of the Steel Lazy Wave Risers (SLWR) and associated flowlines interconnecting 15 subsea wells to the FPSO together with the related service lines and control umbilicals. Saipem will also be responsible for the provision and installation of the FPSO anchors and for the hook up of the FPSO at field. Saipem will use FDS, its field development ship, for installation of the SLWRs.

In July 2020 Saipem was awarded a contract by Petrobras for EPCI of the Steel Lazy Wave Risers (SLWR) and associated flowlines for Búzios-5 between all wells and the FPSO (OGJ Online, July 6, 2020).