{"id":310427,"date":"2025-10-30T10:23:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/fpso-bacalhau-starts-operations-and-strengthens-brazilian-oil-production\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T10:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:35:09","slug":"fpso-bacalhau-starts-operations-and-strengthens-brazilian-oil-production","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/fpso-bacalhau-starts-operations-and-strengthens-brazilian-oil-production\/","title":{"rendered":"FPSO Bacalhau starts operations and strengthens Brazilian oil production"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With the entry into operation of the FPSO Bacalhau<\/a><\/strong>FPSO Bacalhau, Brazil adds a new key piece to its offshore infrastructure. Located in the Santos pre-salt basin, this floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit marks the beginning of a stage that promises to transform the operational capacity of energy consortiums operating in deep waters. <\/p>\n\n

Design and features of the FPSO Bacalhau<\/h2>\n\n

Designed to operate at a depth of more than 2,000 meters and 185 km off the coast of Ilhabela (S\u00e3o Paulo), Bacalhau<\/a><\/strong> has a production capacity of 220,000 barrels of oil per day<\/strong>. Its imposing size – 370 meters in length and 64 meters in beam – makes it one of the world’s most important FPSOs. FPSO<\/a><\/strong> technically and environmentally advanced FPSOs. <\/p>\n\n

The FPSO is equipped with combined cycle gas turbines<\/a><\/strong> (CCGT), a system that significantly reduces CO\u2082 emissions intensity, placing it at around 9 kg per barrel produced. This level is approximately half the industry average, positioning the project as a reference in low-carbon production. <\/p>\n\n

A major consortium is driving the project<\/h2>\n\n

The field is operated by Equinor<\/a><\/strong> (40%), in association with ExxonMobil (40%) and Galp (20%), through Petrogal Brasil. The Brazilian state-owned PPSA also participates. The start-up of the FPSO represents a significant step forward after 25 years since the original signing of the concession contract for block BM-S-8, with Galp as the initial signatory. <\/p>\n\n

Once it reaches full capacity, Bacalhau<\/strong> will contribute around 40,000 barrels per day<\/strong> to Galp’s production, representing a 30% increase in its current extraction volume. This improvement makes the company one of the five largest producers of oil and gas in the world. oil and gas producers in Brazil.<\/a><\/strong> producers in Brazil. <\/p>\n\n

During its estimated useful life of 30 years, Bacalhau will contribute nearly 50,000 jobs, of which some 3,000 were generated during the development phase. In addition, 60% of the subsea work in this first phase is in the hands of Brazilian contractors, strengthening the local supply chain. <\/p>\n\n

Source and photo: Galp<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bacalhau will generate close to 50,000 jobs during its 30 years of operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9014,"featured_media":310416,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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-310427","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\/310427","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\/9014"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/310427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=310427"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=310427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}