Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) is closer to adding production from Búzios oil field offshore Brazil, with the P-80 and P-82 floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units entering the final phase of module integration ahead of their departure from a Singapore shipyard and planned startup in 2027.

The units are expected to sail to Brazil in the coming weeks to operate in Santos basin pre-salt. P-80 (Búzios 9) will be the first to leave the Seatrium's Tuas Boulevard Yard.

The P-80 process modules were manufactured in Brazil at the Seatrium BrasFELS shipyard in Angra dos Reis. The P-82 modules were manufactured at the Seatrium Aracruz shipyard in Espírito Santo. Construction work for the FPSOs also took place in China, Singapore, and Indonesia. Subsequently, the modules were transported to Singapore for final integration.

Each platform has capacity to produce 225,000 bo/d and process 12 million cu m/d. Together, P-80 and P-82 are expected to add 450,000 b/d, an approximate 34% increase to the installed production capacity at the field when operational. Each vessel also has water injection capacity of about 250,000 b/d. P-80 and P-82 each have oil storage capacity of about 2.5 million bbl.

Petrobras President Magda Chambriard said the units “make up a new cycle of six units with high production capacity, started with the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré, which operates in Búzios above the project capacity, with record production of 270,000 bo/d."

Subsequent to the P-80 and P-82, the operator expects to complete P-83, P-84, and P-85, which will operate in fields Búzios, Atapu, and Sépia, respectively. 

Búzios, which lies in 1,900-2,200 m of water, will produce from eight FPSOs with the addition of P-80 and P-82. The field has already surpassed 1.2 million b/d of oil produciton.