{"id":253664,"date":"2025-05-06T17:05:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T21:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/karoon-energy-takes-control-of-fpso-cidade-de-itajai-and-strengthens-its-presence-in-brazil\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T07:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:44:32","slug":"karoon-energy-takes-control-of-fpso-cidade-de-itajai-and-strengthens-its-presence-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/karoon-energy-takes-control-of-fpso-cidade-de-itajai-and-strengthens-its-presence-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Karoon Energy takes control of FPSO Cidade de Itaja\u00ed and strengthens its presence in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Australian company <strong>Karoon Energy<\/strong>, through its Brazilian subsidiary <strong>Karoon Petr\u00f3leo &amp; G\u00e1s<\/strong>, completed the acquisition of the <strong>FPSO Cidade de Itaja\u00ed vessel<\/strong>, previously operated by <strong>Altera &amp; Ocyan<\/strong>. This strategic move enhances <em>Karoon <\/em>&#8216;s position as an operator in the oil and gas sector in Brazil by assuming full ownership of a unit for the development of the <strong>Ba\u00fana field<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Control of the FPSO vessel Cidade de Itaja\u00ed at Ba\u00fana Field<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The deal was valued at $115 million, plus an additional $8 million in transaction costs, and culminated in a final payment of $85 million on April 30. This move gives Karoon <strong>direct control over the FPSO<\/strong>, an essential piece of the offshore operations that support oil production from the Ba\u00fana field, located in deep water off the southeast coast of Brazil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure continuity of operations, Karoon signed a <strong>Transition Services Agreement<\/strong> with <em>Altera &amp; Ocyan<\/em>. This agreement will allow for a seamless operational transfer while the bidding process to select a new service provider to support Karoon as operator of the FPSO moves forward. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Control over the FPSO allows Karoon to optimize operating costs, improve the technical performance of the facility and evaluate opportunities to revitalize its infrastructure. In addition, this could translate into an extension of the Ba\u00fana field&#8217;s useful life and an increase in its economic value. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The acquisition also consolidates Karoon&#8217;s commitment to Brazil, where it has intensified its presence in the production of hydrocarbons. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/petrobras-detects-hydrocarbons-in-the-campos-basin-pre-salt\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"241239\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hydrocarbon production<\/a><\/strong>. The company seeks to position itself as an efficient and safe operator, with the capacity to adapt to the technical challenges of the offshore environment and comply with international environmental and safety standards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-921d40db-57dc-4f0b-a30e-009c45b55119\"><strong>Follow us on social media and don&#8217;t miss any of our posts!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-4d2f8dd1-432e-42c2-b119-b5546b87b38b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@inspenet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/inspenetnetwork\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/inspenetnetwork\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/inspenet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Inspenetnetwork\" rel=\"nofollow\">X (Twitter)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@inspenet?_t=8qqIL6dRGNR&amp;_r=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-e498bc4c-c835-456a-8d6d-48944eddf7c1\"><strong>Source and photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karoonenergy.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Karoon Energy<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.karoonenergy.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/250501-Completion-of-FPSO-acquisition-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PDF<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Control over the FPSO allows optimizing operating costs, improving the technical performance of the facility and evaluating extraction opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8404,"featured_media":253659,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13036],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-253664","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-oil-and-gas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/253664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/253664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=253664"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=253664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}